MACC lead investigator reassigned

(The Star) PUTRAJAYA: The lead investigator from the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission team looking into the alleged misuse of constituency funds by state exco members has been reassigned.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak also denied that the entire team had been suspended as reported earlier by an online news portal.

“They have not been suspended but the lead investigator has been reassigned to the (MACC) headquarters.

“We cannot have a presumption of guilt,” he told reporters after announcing the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into MACC’s interrogation procedures here yesterday.