Anwar aide dismisses minister’s call for royal inquiry into Malaysia’s anti-graft agency
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The call for a royal inquiry must not be based on hearsay, says Kamil Munim, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's political secretary in the Finance Ministry.
KUALA LUMPUR: An aide to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has brushed aside a minister’s call for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to probe allegations by a news outlet that Malaysia’s anti-graft agency colluded with a group of businessmen in corporate tussles.
Such a high-level inquiry should not rest solely on speculation or innuendo, and would require substantial proof rather than unsubstantiated claims, said Kamil Munim, Anwar’s political secretary in the Finance Ministry, in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 24). Anwar is also Finance Minister.
His statement came hours after Transport Minister Anthony Loke said he would propose an RCI on the matter at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
Loke, who is secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), said the government’s response to Bloomberg’s allegations – published in an investigative report on Feb 11 that cited internal documents and interviews with witnesses – had been “inadequate”.
Kamil said he respected any proposal to set up an RCI and agreed, “in principle, that the truth must be determined through a transparent process grounded in the law”.
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