PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) rejected former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claims that it failed to investigate the allegations raised in the statutory declaration (SD) made by former Bank Negara assistant governor Datuk Abdul Murad Khalid against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
MACC stated that according to its records, the Commission, then known as the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), opened six investigation papers to look into Anwar following Abdul Murad’s SD issued on Oct 26, 1999.
“An in-depth, comprehensive and detailed investigation was carried out with the help of BNM, both domestically and internationally, including the United Kingdom and Singapore,” MACC said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 24).
“The results indicated that there was no case against Anwar,” MACC added. The statement also stated that the six investigation papers were submitted to the Attorney-General’s Office on Aug 12, 2002, which subsequently decided not to prosecute any party.
“Therefore, MACC wants to emphasize that the claim that the ACA or MACC did not investigate Anwar regarding Abdul Murad’s statutory declaration is entirely false, and this occurred during Dr Mahathir’s tenure as Prime Minister,” the statement further clarified.
Recently, Dr Mahathir was reported to have said that Abdul Murad’s SD in 1999 alleged that Anwar had more than RM3 billion in 20 bank accounts while serving as the Finance Minister. – Bernama
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