MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad has denied that the arrest of the Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali’s nephew was politically motivated.

“Any action that we take is based on information that we receive, and if there is (a) basis for the information, we will conduct an investigation. So it is free of political interference, or the so-called sabotage," he told reporters at the commission’s headquarters in Putrajaya today.

“I want to stress this, we should be professional. Let MACC perform its tasks and responsibilities. Let us complete the investigation. The investigation is ongoing, they had been remanded, and we will wait and see what happens next week,” he said when asked about allegations of a political motive behind the arrest...