Silence by PM, multiple agencies in Farhash controversy lends credibility to Bloomberg report, lawyer warns
It is not about Anwar Ibrahim, says Haniff Khatri Abdulla as pressure mounts on the prime minister.
(MalaysiaNow) – A lawyer has questioned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the status of a report on Farhash Wafa Salvador’s purchase of shares in a company linked to a lucrative government contract, amid a damning revelation by Bloomberg that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had scuttled investigation into his former political secretary.
Haniff Khatri Abdulla was referring to the absence of any response from the anti-graft agency, more than six months after a report filed by former Umno Supreme Council member Isham Jalil.
Isham had said the purchase of the shares by Farhash could be in violation of Malaysia’s capital market laws and the government’s procurement process.
“Why are they silent? There has been no statement (about) the progress of an investigation since March this year until now,” he told MalaysiaNow.
“There was only Farhash’s random statement that he sold the shares,” he said.
Both the MACC and the Prime Minister’s Office have denied the Bloomberg report, only to spark a series of calls for Anwar to sue the financial news outlet to clear his name.
