{"id":26596,"date":"2022-01-26T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/?p=26596"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:05:18","slug":"joint-statement-49-civil-society-groups-demand-independent-investigation-into-macc-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/2022\/01\/26596.html","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement: 49 civil society groups demand independent investigation into MACC crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Given the current controversy over the shareholdings in MACC chief Azam Baki\u2019s name, we, the undersigned civil society organisations, demand:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the authorities headed by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob put in motion a much-needed\u00a0<b>independent<\/b>\u00a0investigation to restore the credibility of the MACC<\/li>\n<li>that the authorities demand that the following individuals\/entities answer pertinent questions, in particular:\n<ul>\n<li>How could the MACC chief have allowed his brother to buy shares on his securities account when it could be a violation of the Security Industry (Central Depositories) Act?<\/li>\n<li>Why did the MACC advisory board chairperson allegedly disregard the views of the other members of the advisory board and rely on his personal opinion to exonerate Azam Baki?<\/li>\n<li>Why did the other members of the advisory board remain silent about the complaints raised by Dr Terence Gomez after they attended a meeting on 24 November to discuss them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>that the MACC advisory board releases the minutes of its 24 November to show on what basis it exonerated Azam Baki without a proper investigation<\/li>\n<li>that Azam Baki goes on leave pending the outcome of the investigation<\/li>\n<li>that Azam Baki withdraws the letter of demand against the whistleblower and that reforms to the Whistleblowers Protection Act be undertaken to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers<\/li>\n<li>that the government implements serious reforms to make the MACC independent, along the lines recommended by four groups in 2015<\/li>\n<li>that the MACC be removed from the Prime Minister\u2019s Department and be placed under the oversight of a bipartisan parliamentary special select committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Initiated by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Aliran<\/li>\n<li>Gerak<\/li>\n<li>Patriot<\/li>\n<li>Suaram<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"ctaText\">READ MORE:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"postTitle\">Malady of Malaysian politics threatens our future<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Endorsed by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Against the Tide<\/li>\n<li>Agora Society Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>All Women\u2019s Action Society (Awam)<\/li>\n<li>Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim)<\/li>\n<li>Bersih<\/li>\n<li>Borneo Komrad<\/li>\n<li>Center for Orang Asli Concerns<\/li>\n<li>Centre for Independent Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances (Caged)<\/li>\n<li>Freedom Film Network<\/li>\n<li>G25 Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>IDEAS<\/li>\n<li>Ikram Penang<\/li>\n<li>Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia (JKOASM)<\/li>\n<li>Komas<\/li>\n<li>Komuniti Muslim Universal (KMU Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>LLG Cultural Development Centre<\/li>\n<li>MAJU<\/li>\n<li>Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet)<\/li>\n<li>Monsoon Malaysia (MM)<\/li>\n<li>MyPJ<\/li>\n<li>MYSE Johor<\/li>\n<li>National Union of Transport Equipment and Allied Industries Workers<\/li>\n<li>New Student Movement Alliance of Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Oriental Hearts and Mind Study Institute (Ohmsi)<\/li>\n<li>Our Journey<\/li>\n<li>Pangrok Sulap<\/li>\n<li>Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur<\/li>\n<li>Persatuan Pemangkin Daya Masyarakat (Rose)<\/li>\n<li>Persatuan Promosi Hak Asasi Manusia (Proham)<\/li>\n<li>Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor<\/li>\n<li>Pertubuhan Alam Sekitar Sejahtera Malaysia (GRASS Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Pertubuhan Solidaritas<\/li>\n<li>Sabah Reform Initiative (Sari)<\/li>\n<li>Save Malaysia Stop Lynas<\/li>\n<li>Save Rivers<\/li>\n<li>Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Development Network Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Tenaganita<\/li>\n<li>Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy<\/li>\n<li>The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)<\/li>\n<li>Voice of Youtharian<\/li>\n<li>Workers Hub for Change (WH4C)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26597\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26597 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/07042021_-_KUL_-_Op_Hack_-AZAM-BAKI-MACC_Sairien-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/07042021_-_KUL_-_Op_Hack_-AZAM-BAKI-MACC_Sairien-02.jpg 800w, 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Industry (Central Depositories) Act? Why did the MACC advisory board chairperson allegedly disregard the views of the other members of the advisory board and rely on his personal opinion to exonerate Azam Baki? Why did the other members of the advisory board remain silent about the complaints raised by Dr Terence Gomez after they attended a meeting on 24 November to discuss them? that the MACC advisory board releases the [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joint-statements","category-statements-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/07042021_-_KUL_-_Op_Hack_-AZAM-BAKI-MACC_Sairien-02.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26600,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26596\/revisions\/26600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}