PARLIAMENT | A backbencher debating the Auditor-General’s Report today warned that the government risks public backlash unless it probes allegations involving the MACC and its chief commissioner, Azam Baki.

In echoing calls for the government to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI), Khoo Poay Tiong (Harapan-Kota Melaka) also reiterated a demand for Azam’s resignation in the wake of two major scandals.

“Azam must resign. He has to go. Either he goes, or we (government) go. That is my message,” Khoo (above) stressed.

“If we allow him (Azam) to continue as MACC chief commissioner...