Guan Eng: Why open investigation paper on judge, but not Azam Baki?
DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng is questioning why the MACC failed to immediately open an investigation paper into its own chief over a proxy stock trading scandal when it was quick to do so in the case of Court of Appeal judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
"Following MACC chief commissioner Azam’s confirmation that MACC has opened an investigation paper into Nazlan, the question that is being asked - why did MACC fail to immediately open an investigation paper on Azam Baki for (allegedly) breaching the law in purchasing millions of shares?” Lim (above), who is also Bagan MP, said in a statement today.
He also asked why the source of the...
DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng is questioning why the MACC failed to immediately open an investigation paper into its own chief over a proxy stock trading scandal when it was quick to do so in the case of Court of Appeal judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
"Following MACC chief commissioner Azam’s confirmation that MACC has opened an investigation paper into Nazlan, the question that is being asked - why did MACC fail to immediately open an investigation paper on Azam Baki for (allegedly) breaching the law in purchasing millions of shares?” Lim (above), who is also Bagan MP, said in a statement today.
He also asked why the source of the speculation over Nazlan was not being investigated.
"Azam explained that the probe was part of MACC’s procedure to investigate whenever a report is lodged.
“Blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin's (RPK) portal Malaysia Today had accused Nazlan of having ‘unexplained wealth’.
"Why is there no criminal investigation into RPK’s allegations, which have consistently been proven to be false and baseless?" asked Lim.
Investigate RPK
He said that even though RPK is in exile in London, he should be asked to return to subject himself to an investigation.
"If RPK refuses to return and if there are sufficient grounds for criminal charges to be filed, then RPK should be extradited," added Lim.
Malaysia Today has accused Nazlan of having "unexplained wealth". Nazlan has lodged a police report over the article.
Previously, another allegation was circulated claiming that Nazlan was a relative of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Mahathir's daughter Marina said the family would be flattered if a learned judge was their relative but confirmed that Nazlan was not.
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's legal team have also tried to discredit Nazlan by claiming that he had a conflict of interest in the 1MDB case.
When Nazlan was a High Court judge in 2020, he sentenced Najib to 12 years in prison and RM210 million for corruption, abuse of power and money laundering.
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision last year. Najib is appealing the case in Federal Court.
Azam, meanwhile, drew criticism over his ownership of 1,930,000 shares in Gets Global Berhad (previously KBES Berhad) on April 30, 2015, worth around RM772,000 at the time.
Azam claimed the shares were not his but were purchased by his brother in his name, prompting the Securities Commission (SC) to look into possible misuse of his trading account.
The SC found there was “no conclusive evidence” that Azam had breached the Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act 1991 (Sicda).
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