August 26, 2012
Whither MACC upon Fighting Corruption?
by Jeswan Kaur (08-25-12)@www.freemalaysiatoday.com
In spite of a dismal opening as well as battered image, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has 'caught a fancy' of a European Partners Against Corruption network (EPAC).
So taken in is EPAC President Martin Kreutner which he has described MACC as a single of a world's many respected, creation you consternation usually how 'learned' Kreutner is of a 'actual' modus operandi of a MACC.
For one, MACC has a blood of Teoh Beng Hock as well as Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed upon a hands; both Teoh as well as Ahmad Sarbani were found passed upon a drift of a MACC, with Teoh, a political aide to a DAP state assemblyman, found passed during a MACC headquarters in Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam whilst Ahmad Sarbani, a Customs officer was found passed during a MACC office in Kuala Lumpur.
Both Teoh as well as Ahmad Sarbani had earlier incited up during a MACC for doubt as well as their deaths have left a rakyat wondering what purpose is MACC unequivocally essaying, i.e. which of fighting swindle or which of finishing off 'enemies' of a state as well as unwell to residence issues of crime involving top politicians or their family members?
MACC has additionally allowed itself to be manipulated by a sovereign government, leading to a former shutting a eyes to cases of crime involving ministers as well as VIPs.
And still, Krutner cannot assistance though admire MACC for a pursuit 'well done'. He additionally gives credit to MACC Chief Commissioner Abu Kassim Mohamed whom he said was a single of a many recognized as well as esteemed between anti-corruption experts as well as a ubiquitous community.
If in truth ! so, sinc e afterwards has a crime index of this country not seen any improvement? In Dec last year, a Transparency International Malaysia consult suggested which for a third uninterrupted year, Malaysia available a decrease in a Corruption Perception Index score, a 4.3 measure slightly lower than a 4.4 available in 2010 as well as most lower than a supervision benchmark of 4.9.
The ECAP President's reasons for heaping regard upon MACC have been unconvincing flimsy during best, looking during a latter's lane record.
Just how Kreutner arrived during such finish is anyone's guess. What seems clear is which EPAC is possibly not disturbed or ignorant about a sly tactics in use by MACC in a course of a investigation.
Does Kreutner know to what extent a supervision of a day exerts a reason over it?
The rakyat is aware which as long as MACC stays under a Prime Minister's Department, there will be no dearth of excuses where 'lack of evidence" is endangered in permitting successful individuals to escape being investigated.
MACC = Dismal
There is a single as well many proof of how a Malaysian Anti-Corruption 
Commission is in a centre manipulated by a authorities to cover for their hanky-pankies.
From a failure to deliver probity in a Teoh Beng Hock box to regulating 'lack of evidence' as an excuse to close a files upon swindle charges opposite Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail, Crime Investigations Department senior manager Bakri Zinin, as well as former Inspector-General of Police Musa Hasan, MACC's opening is during most appropriate dismal.
The allegations of crime opposite Gani Patail, Bakri as well as Musa were done by former Commercial Crime Investigations Department senior manager Ramli Yusoff, who filed a box dual years ago.
Ramli has accused Gani, Musa as! well as a MACC of conspiring to disprove him as well as his group for arresting purported underworld figure Goh Cheng Poh, additionally known as "Tengku Goh".
The former CCID purported which a afterwards ACA, right away known as a MACC, had relied upon a dubious impression to charge him with crime with resources value RM27 million when he was a military officer.
An emergency suit tabled by opposition parliamentarians to set up a tribunal to listen to a charges opposite Gani as well as Musa was deserted during a on-going sitting in a standard Barisan Nasional style with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in Mar this year rejecting calls for a tribunal, observant it was unsubstantiated allegations.
However, it was in Jul 2009 which a rakyat found out how unhandy MACC had become. Its credibility was tarnished after MACC's miserable attempts during soaking a hands off a debate surrounding Teoh's death.
An inquest was held as well as a coroner returned an open outcome though after most vigour a Royal Commission of Inquiry was set up to discern Teoh's death, which was in a finish personal as suicide, notwithstanding his family's firm belief which he was actually murdered.
MACC's joining in doubt
Failure to deliver in a Teoh Beng Hock as well as Ahmad Sarbani cases as well as a available finish to a Gani, Bakri as well as Musa cases has left a rakyat unhappy as well as puzzled of a MACC's joining to quarrel corruption, regardless of a party involved.
Time as well as again MACC has shown it is incapable of job a shots in upholding probity as well as truth, withdrawal a people to believe a existence is nothing though a sham.
Indeed, if MACC is all about appreciative a 'powers which be', afterwards since a explain which it is modelled after top anti-corruption agencies, such as a Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) as well as a Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales, Australia).
When ! in Jul l ast year Najib "unceremoniously" deported French human rights counsel William Bourdon, Suara Rakyat Malaysia or Suaram was assured which a premier as well as his supervision have been "inextricably linked" with a Scorpene submarines crime scandal.
Bourdon was representing Suaram in a high-profile box filed opposite submarines' vendor DCN during a Parisian courts. (In 2002, Najib afterwards a Defence Minister, sanctioned a purchase of a Scorpene submarines amid accusations of sum over-pricing as well as kickbacks).
"It is a biggest inapplicable designation nonetheless by a Malaysian gvernment for it is an aspersion to diplomacy, to ubiquitous law as well as common decency. It was a totally arbitrary action by a Home Ministry as well as a sum abuse of senior manager energy of a Najib administration," Suaram Director Cynthia Gabriel retorted via a matter upon Jul 27, 4 days after Bourdon's deportation.
And MACC was usually as wordless when a blogger, "The Whistleblower711" suggested which aides of Najib as well as his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin as well as a Deputy Minister were allegedly "bought" by a businessman to acquire contracts from a supervision as well as a agencies.
Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin, who was implicated, claimed which his "conscience is clear" as well as a income received was not crime though instead for a good of a people of Bachok, where he is a UMNO division chief.
Looks like MACC will never have a gumption to take a nation's hurtful politicians to task notwithstanding a vigour coming from a rakyat.
Earn a rakyat's trust
MACC has to work very hard to win a rakyat's trust as a opening to illustrate far speaks usually of manipulation, not of warding off graft.
When former MACC member Robert Phang demanded which Ministe! r in a P rime Minister's Department, Nazri Abdul Azi, be hauled up for purported abuse of energy as well as for "living over his means", did MACC have courage to do so? No!
Phang said this was usually proper as Nazri had done statements which a supervision refused to examine Gani's purported abuse of energy in a number of cases.
Phang additionally said a rakyat wanted to know how could Nazri's son afford luxurious cars, a Porsche driven by him as well as a Toyota Vellfire by his bodyguards?
"Why did he need bodyguards? What business is he in? Are we seeing serve examples of 'Cowgate' between a families as well as sons of ministers who live in comprehensive opulence whereas a people have been told to be thrifty as well as constantly reminded of taking flight acceleration as well as tall price of living?"
Phang afterwards said a MACC should severely demeanour in to either Nazri's family members were vital over their equates to or carrying unusual wealth, observant which all polite servants have been subjected to a MACC Act.
As predicted, MACC stays wordless when it comes to behaving opposite hurtful politicians. The actuality which fledgling statesman Zamil Ibrahim, a former Kita Kedah chief, has come a long approach from his burger stall days to owning a Rolls Royce has nonetheless to rankle MACC. Is it since Zamil is a Barisan Nasional 'broker' indulging in MP-buying activities to safeguard BN wins a coming 13th ubiquitous election?
With such unscrupulous politicians still during large, does this mean which a Jul 31, 2010 pledge to resign by Abu Kassim should any swindle reports not be investigated by his agency, including high-profile cases involving supervision ministers will spin true?
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