THE STAR
PETALING JAYA: Officers of the Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission (MACC) should be allowed to carry out their job without intimidation, says Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pix).
Commenting on the transfers of two MACC senior officers to other departments, Khairy said the officers were just doing the job they were tasked with.
"I hope things like these (transfer of senior MACC officials) can be stopped immediately and the intimidation against MACC must stop.
"I can not accept attacks on institutions like the MACC.
"The transfer of these officers seems very strange and very disappointing as if it was a planned intimidation against MACC," he was reported saying Friday at the opening of the Malaysian Youth Council annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.
The Umno Youth chief said institutions such as the MACC needed to be protected and allowed to conduct its affairs independently.
"I understand that the transferred officers' mistake could be just receiving visits from the Opposition. After that, they were transferred.
"For me, it is very unfair," he said.
He said intimidation tactics on the MACC would only anger the public and lead to more speculation and rumours as people would perceive that the commission would be attacked each time it tried to do its job.
He added that such intimidation had to stop or the public's trust in public institutions and the Government would be eroded.
"We have to safeguard the institution. Don't ruin the country's institutions, just because we want to have a specific agenda.
"I am not willing to allow and tolerate such things," he said.
Khairy was commenting on the transfers of MACC special operations director Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zin and strategic communications director Datuk Rohaizad Yaakob to the Prime Minister’s Department on Friday.
