'Protect MACC officers handling high-risk cases'
KUALA LUMPUR: The investigation of high-profile cases by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers may place them at grave risk, requiring the need for the provision of maximum protection.
Yayasan 1Malaysia Board of Trustees chairman Dr Chandra Muzaffar said this was not something unusual as the MACC dealt with high-profile graft and money-laundering cases.
"They may face trouble from cartels or syndicates that work hand-in-glove with some corrupt government agencies.
"Like the crackdown on the Customs Department, a massive operation such as this may come with a possibility of risk.
"There is surely a lot of powerful vested interests that would want the MACC to slow down, in light of the recent death of a senior Customs officer. As long as the MACC continues to exert pressure, you don't know how they would react."
On April 6, Selangor Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed, 56, was found dead on the first floor of the MACC building in Jalan Cochrane here.
Chandra said protection of the MACC investigation officers could be in the form of a special police unit or plainclothes policemen assigned to provide security for the officers.
He also urged all parties to cease calling for MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Abu Kassim Mohammed to resign, saying it was an "ill-conceived move inimical to public interests".
Instead, he said, the opposition should join forces with the government to table a resolution in Parliament to endorse the work of the MACC and to enhance its resources.
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