YOURSAY | ‘Obviously, all are learning from Bossku.’
Constitutional Supremacy: This is a blatant misuse of power and intimidation by anti-corruption agency MACC against whistleblower K Lalitha.
If an investigative agency like the MACC with enormous powers refuses to investigate its own chief Azam Baki, then how is evidence to be collected?
Poor Lalitha has no such powers, but she has integrity and a most able lawyer on her side - Manjeet Singh Dhillon.
Another case reported today was that of a Syariah Court judge threatening to sue a whistleblower just like Azam.
Our country appears to be heading towards a situation where purported wrongdoers use their might and power to intimidate those who expose their alleged wrongdoings. Obviously, all are learning from Bossku.
BobbyO: Is this information of the MACC chief having shares registered under his name in the public domain? Can revealing publicly available information be classified as defaming the individual?
This clearly shows that Azam is trying to take revenge on the whistleblower as he has apparently failed to declare such assets from the time these shares were bought, as well as having in his possession shares that were reportedly worth more than a civil servant should be holding.
He may have given his explanation as to who the shares actually belong to, but why wait until he was exposed in the public domain?
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