PETALING JAYA: The special task force formed to look into shareholding allegations against anti-corruption chief Azam Baki should also look into allegations of collusion by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officials with businessmen in forced takeovers of rival companies, DAP legal bureau chairman Ramkarpal Singh said today.
He said the task force on Azam’s shareholdings was a potential “toothless tiger” unlikely to unearth much beyond the version of events stated by the anti-graft agency head, as the panel does not have the power to produce documents or compel witnesses to appear and would probably end up reporting that its conclusions are limited.
“The task force risks being labelled ineffective. (Its report will be) very much like what the Independent Investigation Committee did in its investigation into seven heritage football players following a recent Fifa ban over fraudulent documentation,” Ramkarpal said in a statement today.