Despite its many arrests, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has failed to shake off its reputation as a political tool because it has yet to do anything about the 1MDB and SRC International scandals, said DAP lawmaker Tony Pua.

"The MACC has been putting up a brave front in making dozens of arrests of corrupt government officials, from state utilities and zakat officials to senior police officers around the country.

"However, all its efforts have failed to redeem the commission's tarnished and tainted image of being a political tool of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's administration, and for its failure in touching anything remotely connected to the two largest scandals afflicting Malaysia today, 1MDB and SRC International," Pua said in a statement today...