PETALING JAYA: The police acted high-handedly in their arrest of Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) officials linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) probe said Datuk Paul Low
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said that the action would have negative repercussions on the country.
"The police are showing high-handedness in handling this issue.
"It is important that this institution (MACC) do what they need to do, because the people are expecting the probe to be completed to a satisfactory conclusion,” he was reported as saying by The Malaysian Insider on Thursday.
Low who is in charge of governance and integrity said there was improvement on how the police handled the officers and that the public could view their action as harassment.
Seven MACC officers have so far been picked up by the police over an alleged leak of information in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) probe.
The police also seized laptops and documents from the MACC officers.
Police began hauling up MACC officers after Sarawak Report published what was claimed to be a draft charge sheet against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Mustafar Ali said the arrest of its officers by the police had to some extent jeopardised investigation on SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC) and the RM2.6-billion fund issue.
The MACC said on Wednesday that the RM2.6bil transferred into Najib's account was not from 1MDB and that it had come from a donor in the Middle East.
It however said that it would ask Najib to shed light on the donations received from the Middle East.
