MACC needs new chief to restore public confidence, says group

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should immediately put the current MACC chief commissioner on leave and conduct an in-depth investigation into its controversies to restore the public's confidence in the commission, said the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center).

Its deputy chief executive officer K Sudhagaran Stanley argued that the public deserves to know what was really going on within the anti-graft agency, especially during the time when MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki was embroiled in controversy last year.

“MACC is suffering a...