(NST) He said the commission had lodged a police report on Sept 25 after it discovered that documents on investigations into several VIPs had appeared on blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s Malaysia Today news portal.
MACC deputy chief commissioner Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull said the moles must be weeded out quickly as they were also a threat to national security.
He said the commission had lodged a police report on Sept 25 after it discovered that documents on investigations into several VIPs had appeared on blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s Malaysia Today news portal.
The VIPs included former Kedah menteri besar Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid and former Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo.
Following articles revealed that the investigations were classified as “no further action” (NFA).
The commission was particularly annoyed that the papers on Mahdzir and other individuals, which were initial investigation reports by the then Anti-Corruption Agency in Seberang Prai, were revealed.
Mahdzir was investigated for allegedly offering RM5 million to Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s Kulim state assemblyman Lim Soo Nee to switch parties. That case was classified as NFA two years ago.
Shukri said there were also questions about how the investigation papers on Khir, which were classified in June last year as secret documents, were leaked.
The minuted three-page document, meant for the Attorney-General’s Chambers, absolved Dr Khir from allegations that he had abused his power as menteri besar in using state government funds for family holidays in Morocco and Disneyland in the United States.
Shukri told the New Straits Times he had reason to believe that his own men were responsible for the leaks and wanted them to be investigated under the Official Secrets Act.
“This is a serious matter as the papers where classified as secret and they will remain so until they are declassified.
“This also concerns the integrity of government officers, which has been compromised.”
He was also upset when it was revealed that police had classified the MACC reports as NFA.
Police had alleged that there were no criminal elements as the documents that appeared on the website were not classified investigation papers.
Shukri said police failed to understand that the documents were part of the investigation papers, which automatically made them classified documents.
“The way we see it, there is clearly a criminal element here.”
Fugitive Raja Petra, who now lives in London, said that “it was not just Bukit Aman, MACC and the A-G’s Chambers that report to me. Even the courts in Malaysia do as well. So, I am being told more than what they think”.
He added: “Yes, the courts in Malaysia do not report to Tun Zaki Azmi, the chief justice. They report to me. How do you think I knew that they were coming for me on Feb 23, 2009, and went underground just 24 hours before they pounced?”
“And how could I escape the police dragnet if not for the fact that the same officers from Bukit Aman themselves were the ones who whisked me (away) to safety?”
