MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad, who is embroiled in an alleged affair which is now the subject of police investigations, today made his first press appearance in three weeks but refused to take any other questions.

Dzulkifli, together with Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Zulkifli Abu Bakar, held a joint press conference at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya in relation to Operasi Armada, which saw six civil servants nabbed for receiving bribes from foreign fishermen.

Among the six civil servants nabbed in Operasi Armada, five are with the MMEA while another is attached to the Fisheries Department in Pahang.

Apart from the six civil servants, 16 other individuals were also arrested for allowing foreign fishermen - mostly those from Vietnam - to encroach and operate in Malaysian waters...