There is no record to show that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim accepted any recommendation from former Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) director-general Shafee Yahaya to take disciplinary action against Azmin Ali when Anwar was deputy prime minister.

The records of the Public Services Department and Finance Ministry show no such action, English daily New Straits Times reported today.

raja petra Live telecast of the MCLM Forum in London Earlier this week blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin ( right )  claimed that he received a file from a retired Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer indicating that the anti-graft body had gathered enough evidence in 1997 to prove Azmin was involved in corruption.

Azmin, who has denied the allegation, was private secretary to Anwar, who at that time was deputy prime minister and finance minister. The MACC was then known as ACA, and headed by Shafee.

Yesterday Shafee denied Raja Petra's allegation that he closed Azmin's file on Anwar's instruction, arguing that he had recommended to Anwar that disciplinary action be taken against Azmin because the investigation did not uncover sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution.

However, Shafee did not disclose whether his recommendation was acted upon.

New Straits Times also quoted MACC deputy chief commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull as saying that once a recommendation for action against a public officer is made to his superior, an internal probe would be initiated and its outcome would decide the punishment.

NONE Shukri also told NST that there was no record of Shafee's recommendation to Anwar on disciplinary action against Azmin.

Yesterday the MACC operations review panel recommended that the corruption investigation against Azmin be reopened.

Today, Shafee ( left ) is quoted by Malay daily Utusan Malaysia as saying that he is prepared to cooperate with the authorities.

"There is no need to comment anymore. Let the authorities investigate and I'm ready to give my cooperation," he is quoted as saying.