MCA Youth has lent its voice to the demand by various quarters, including the opposition, that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption (MACC) be answerable to Parliament.

Citing the cases of 1MDB and former Selangor menteri besar Mohd Khir Toyo, Youth chief Chong Sin Woon said the MACC and Attorney-General’s Chambers faced “obstructions”.

In view of this, he said the government must strengthen the current anti-graft commission.

"MCA Youth suggests MACC be responsible to the Parliament directly, including the sacking of certain high-ranking officers having to be passed by Parliament,” he told delegates at the MCA Youth annual meet in Kuala Lumpur today.

"And Article 145 of the Federal Constitution has to be revised, stating the sacking of AG (the attorney-general) has to be through the basis and channel of sacking federal court judges," he added, to applause from the audience.

At the height of the investigation by the task force on 1MBD, former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail was replaced by Mohamed Apandi Ali, a former federal court judge, in a move which Abdul Gani claimed he was not aware of himself.

Several MACC and Bank Negara officers were also arrested by the cops, raising question if there is any external forces intervening the probe.

Chong also reprimanded the government for using the Sedition Act and Special Offences (Security Measures) Act (Sosma) to silence dissidents.

The deputy education minister was also puzzled that the government is using the Communications and Multimedia Act to suppress netizens' freedom of speech while using the claim "actions detrimental to parliamentary democracy" and Sosma to deal with whistleblowers in the 1MDB case.

"This is against government's earlier promise, that it will be used to deal with terrorists who pose real threat to national security, rather than silencing political dissidents," he added.

Former Batu Kawan Umno deputy president Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang were arrested under SOSMA, for reports on 1MDB lodged with authorities overseas.

Moreover, he also urged the government to review the Attorney-General’s (AG’s) Chambers’ power in criminal prosecution.

"Too many cases in the past, such as (Perkasa chief) Ibrahim Ali and (army veteran Mohd Ali Baharom) Ali Tinju, showed that when the authority's decision whether to prosecute or not, there was lack of transparency and perception of bias, even to the extent of having insulted public wisdom,” he stressed.

Ali Tinju was charged under Sedition Act over his remark at Low Yat incident, a charge dropped later by the AG’s Chambers, using "lack of evidence" as grounds.