COMMENT | At the height of the news on the 1MDB scandal in 2015, a surreal drama was being played out. Two enforcement arms of the government were involved in a serious game of “us versus you”. It was not a charade when the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) took on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Seven officers including special operation division deputy director Tan Kang Sai, special operations division director Bahri Mohamad Zin, forensics division director IG Chandran and deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairy were hauled up by the police to assist into the investigations on the alleged leak of information on the 1MDB probe.

Ahmad Sazilee, who was on secondment from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, was among three individuals detained after several police reports were made against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.

These days, both parties are on the same side with the MACC “using” the police to come down on detractors and critics. The argument is that false accusations have been made by individuals which tarnished the name of the MACC.

Why is the MACC reacting like this – akin to using a...