{"id":26796,"date":"2022-01-21T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=26796"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T08:09:19","slug":"azam-baki-should-stop-spewing-fairy-tales-to-deceive-malaysians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/azam-baki-should-stop-spewing-fairy-tales-to-deceive-malaysians\/","title":{"rendered":"Azam Baki Should Stop Spewing \u2018Fairy Tales\u2019 to Deceive Malaysians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chief Commissioner of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) Tan Sri Azam Baki should be investigated thoroughly in light of the Securities Commission’s (SC) revelation that he had full control<\/a> of his trading account to purchase shares in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This contradicts his earlier claim<\/a> that the account was used by his younger brother, Nasir Baki, for the share transactions. Should we now consider his earlier statement as fact or just a fable to cover up the truth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, this is not the first time the MACC has been dragged into an elaborate fairy tale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, Azam Baki and a team of investigators claimed that they had met the Arab prince who had allegedly donated RM2.6 billion into former Prime Minister Najib Razak\u2019s (pictured above) personal bank account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graft buster then confirmed<\/a> that the money deposited into Najib\u2019s account \u201coriginated from the Middle East\u201d and had \u201cno connection at all to 1MDB\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this \u2018Arabian Prince Donation\u2019 story ended up being dismissed<\/a> by the Court of Appeal on 8 December 2021 as it determined that the money was indeed misappropriated from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1MDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If fairy tales such as 1001 Arabian Nights and Brothers Grimm were popular stories when we grew up, Malaysia can now claim to have produced its own modern fairy tales namely \u2018The Saudi Prince Donation (2015)\u2019 and \u2018The Brothers Baki (2022)\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is unfortunate that the reputation of the MACC, the nation\u2019s foremost institution that is tasked to uphold integrity, has suffered tremendously because of the web of lies spun by individuals who are only interested in covering up their wrongdoings.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The recent twists and turns of the Azam Baki saga clearly shows that we cannot uncover the truth as long as he is in office. Azam should be asked to take temporary leave to ensure an independent investigation on this issue can commence. In the longer term, the MACC should be reformed and be placed under the supervision of the Parliament, instead of the Prime Minister of the day, for better oversight. This move will elevate the MACC\u2019s credibility and capability as a graft buster that can act without fear or favour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But will all this happen voluntarily? I doubt so. We need to push for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let us give our support to the #TangkapAzamBaki rally this Saturday at 11am as a precursor to kick off an independent probe for this saga and in the longer term drive a cohesive effort to #RombakSPRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publicity Secretary of DAPSY Federal Territory<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raja Ahmad Iskandar Fareez<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chief Commissioner of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) Tan Sri Azam Baki should be investigated thoroughly in light of the Securities Commission’s (SC) revelation that he had full control of his trading account to purchase shares in 2015. This contradicts his earlier claim that the account was used by his younger brother, Nasir Baki, for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2655,833,1009,197,263,2058],"class_list":["post-26796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-rombaksprm","tag-azam-baki","tag-dapsy","tag-macc","tag-najib-razak","tag-raja-ahmad-iskandar-fareez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26805,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26796\/revisions\/26805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}