Statements by Tan Sri Johan Jaafar resigning as Media Prima Chairman

Two Statements By Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar resigned as Media Prima Berhad (MPB) chairman effective August 31.

As Chairman of the Consultation and Prevention Panel (CCPP), one of the independent external oversight
panels monitoring the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), he had been vocal in voicing the Panel’s position on various issues.

He however stressed that he was not under pressure to leave.

Following are the two statements by him on Thursday night and on August 8, 2015:

(i) AUGUST 13 STATEMENT:

Saya telah menjadi Pengerusi MPB 6 tahun lepas, 4 bulan dan 2 hari atau lebih tepat, 2316 hari dan ketika kontrak saya tamat pada 31 Ogos 2015, 20 hari dari hari ini (Khamis), saya akan menjadi Pengerusi MPB yang paling lama berkhidmat.

Saya ingin menjelaskan bahawa saya tidak berada di bawah sebarang tekanan untuk melepaskan jawatan.

Saya juga menyedari bahawa sebagai Pengerusi Panel Perundingan dan Pencegahan Rasuah (PPPR), salah satu panel pengawasan luar bebas memantau Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), saya telah vokal dalam menjelaskan kedudukan Panel mengenai pelbagai isu, terutamanya sekali kes ganggunan terhadap SPRM dan pegawainya serta keadaan berhubung arahan pemindahan dua pegawai kanan SPRM ke Putrajaya.

Saya akan kekal sebagai pengerusi PPPR dan akan terus bersuara bagi pihak panel itu secara adil dan tanpa takut atau memihak.

(ii) AUGUST 8 STATEMENT:

CONSULTATION AND CORRUPTION PREVENTION PANEL: REINSTATE THE TWO MACC SENIOR OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY

The Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP), one of the independent external oversight panels monitoring the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is appalled by the move to transfer two senior MACC officers on Friday.

The panel demands that the two officers, Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zin, MACC Special Operations Director and Datuk Rohaizad Yaakob, MACC Strategic Communications Director, be reinstated immediately and to allow them to carry on with their duties.

Its Chairman Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar believes that the transfers will certainly raised eyebrows. There will be more questions than answers and it will create more suspicions and conspiracy theories.

The panel supports the call by the Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin to stop any form of 'intimidation tactics' and actions towards the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and its officers.

The panel also commends Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull, MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (Operations), who offered himself to be transferred instead of the duo for they were only acting on his orders.

However, the Panel is of the view that his offer to stand in place of the two officers, whilst honourable, is entirely unnecessary.

-Astro Awani