The Securities Commission's (SC) inability to conclusively establish if MACC chief Azam Baki had committed any violation of the law showed that it was imperative to put the top anti-graft officer on a garden leave while he is being investigated, said economist Edmund Terence Gomez.

Gomez, who is a former member of MACC's Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel, said SC's announcement yesterday was shocking and "unacceptable".

"The SC’s unstated reason why...