Teresa's failure to report ex-aides to MACC an offence: Ibrahim Ali

Summary

• Ibrahim Ali has lambasted Teresa Kok for failing to report her former officers to MACC after learning about their alleged involvement in corruption involving public funds.

• This follows Kok’s admission that she did not have any part in MACC action against the former aides, who were recently arrested and remanded.

• Ibrahim urges the anti-graft agency to also investigate Kok and take action against her for allegedly violating the MACC Act.

Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra) has criticised Seputeh MP Teresa Kok for not reporting her former officers to MACC after suspecting their involvement in alleged corruption.

In a statement, its president Ibrahim Ali said the DAP vice-chairperson had violated the MACC Act when she failed to bring the case to the authority’s attention after learning about it.

“Kok had known that some funds had gone missing, but she did not report the matter and instead only fired her staff members. Was she trying to do a cover-up?

“Kok has to explain this while the MACC has the obligation to investigate her and take action according to the law.

“There should be no double standards under the Madani government,” he said.

Ibrahim was referring to the recent arrests of two of Kok’s former staff who had previously managed finances and constituency funds at her service centre before resigning last year.

The DAP leader had distanced herself from the arrests, saying that she had no part in the MACC action against her former officers, including one who is a candidate in the upcoming DAP party election.

Other laws broken

Ibrahim claimed that Kok might have also broken several other laws for allegedly keeping quiet about the corruption, including Section 409 of the Penal Code, which stipulates offences related to criminal breach of trust.

“If this had involved one of the opposition MPs, can we imagine what would have happened? Surely MACC would have already gone to their house and held a press conference.

“But because Kok is from the government and a former DAP minister, it has been very quiet.

“The law must be equal for everyone. If you had known that funds were missing and failed to report it but only sacked your officers, that is not an action but merely a cover-up. So when is MACC going to investigate this?"

On March 7, MACC confirmed the arrest of two individuals, including an MP’s aide, as part of an investigation into corruption involving the supply of interactive smart boards to schools.

The case is being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009.

The report also claimed that both men, in their 30s, had solicited and received approximately RM500,000 in bribes in exchange for approving RM1.5 million in public funds under the “Projek Mesra Rakyat” initiative for the supply of interactive smart boards.

Both were reportedly arrested while giving statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya on March 5 before being remanded for four days.

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