Veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang has called the police’s decision to classify the report lodged by the MACC against whistleblower Lalitha Kunaratnam under no further action (NFA) a “slap in the face” for MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki and the anti-graft agency.
Following this, Lim urged Azam to take a leave of absence until the shares holding controversy surrounding him, which was raised by Lalitha, is resolved.
"The police action has fortified the argument that Azam should go on leave until he can clear his name of the conflict-of-interest allegations made against him at the end of October last year," said the Iskandar Puteri MP in a statement today.
He claimed that Azam was setting a bad example by the "vindictive way" he reacted to Lalitha for her two-part article – “Business Ties Among MACC Leadership: How Deep Does it Go?”
Lim cited veteran journalist R Nadeswaran's Malaysiakini commentary in which the latter pointed out that asking questions about publicly available information constituted no offence.
"Why is Azam suing Lalitha for defamation instead of setting a public example of protecting a whistleblower’s rights?" Lim asked.
The DAP lawmaker said he had submitted a question so that the matter could be debated in Parliament when it reconvenes on Feb 28.
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