MACC chief Abu Kassim might be replaced, says source


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(TMI) – The chief commissioner of Malaysia’s anti-graft agency, Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed, might be replaced for health reasons, a source said, just as he handed over to the attorney-general investigation papers on the RM2.6 billion donation to the prime minister and on the Finance Ministry’s SRC International.

The source said talk was rife within the Prime Minister’s Office and among the senior echelon in the police force that a senior police officer or a deputy public prosecutor from the Attorney-General’s Chambers could be Abu Kassim’s replacement to helm the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“Abu Kassim’s health condition is being used as an excuse in an attempt to replace him,” the source told The Malaysian Insider but refused to be named because of the sensitivity of the information.

August saw several MACC officers targeted by the police for investigations into supposed information leaks pertaining to probes into financial scandals allegedly involving Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

This followed the emergence of a purported charge sheet against Najib drawn up by the MACC leaked to whistle-blower website Sarawak Report.

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