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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, who is suing activist and journalist Lalitha Kunaratnam, has alleged that the latter lacks the credibility to be called an investigative journalist.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman CID is still in the midst of its investigation into anti-graft activist Lalitha Kunaratnam.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The police report lodged by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against activist Lalitha Kunaratnam for allegedly lying in court has been marked as no further action (NFA) by Bukit Aman. The matter was confirmed by Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The lawyer for activist Lalitha Kunaratnam has labelled a recent police report lodged against his client by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as “bordering on the absurd”. In the latest twist in the saga of MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki’s proxy stock...

Graft-buster claims Lalitha Kunaratnam lied to court in defence statement.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — A police report has been lodged against anti-corruption activist Lalitha Kunaratnam, who wrote about Tan Sri Azam Baki’s share acquisition in two public-listed companies last year, for allegedly lying to the court. News portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported an...

The Non-Aligned Movement has stressed that corruption practices, including lack of sound international corporate governance, bribery, money laundering and transfer abroad of illegally acquired funds and assets undermine the economic and political stability and security of societies, undermines social justice and severely endanger the efforts of developing countries for sustainable development. NAM recognises that the…

Malaysia’s anti-corruption czar has sued a local journalist for defamation over articles questioning the legality of his past shareholdings in a case seen by some as a bellwether and test of the country’s rule of law. Azam Baki, chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, filed suit against Lalitha Kunaratnam January 12 seeking some $2.38…

PETALING JAYA: The Securities Commission (SC), along with an independent inquiry, should investigate the issue surrounding Tan Sri Azam Baki’s trading account to determine whether the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner had broken government rules, urged six civil society organisations.

A new index shows continued backsliding in the anti-corruption fight, and highlights the importance of institutions.