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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The Securities Commission (SC) needs to provide documentary evidence and properly explain the share transactions in Tan Sri Azam Baki’s account for transparency’s sake, seven civil society groups said today. The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs; Transparency...

News reports triggering suit ask whether Azam Baki’s shareholdings were properly declared, wheth

BANGKOK  - Malaysia’s anti-corruption czar has sued a local journalist for defamation over articles questioning the legality of his past shareh

Malaysia’s Securities Commission on Tuesday said an investigation into allegations of improper stock trading by the country’s anti-corruption chief was inconclusive, a finding likely to further rile government critics who are planning a protest against the official this weekend. In an immediate response to the capital markets regulator’s decision, Azam Baki, the chief commissioner of the powerful Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission...

PETALING JAYA: If the Securities Commission (SC) cannot determine whether there was a breach of regu­lation over the share trading account of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, then it should make public its findings so Malaysians can judge for themselves, says Tan Sri Dr Ramon Navaratnam.

PETALING JAYA: An independent task force must be set up by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to probe issues related to the share-trading account of Tan Sri Azam Baki, says the Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4).

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Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commissioner (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki has opened the Pandora’s Box and plunged the commission into its worst confidence crisis, according to veteran DAP strongman Lim Kit Siang.

UPDATED 1.50PM | Graftbuster threatening to sue whistleblower who exposed shareholdings under his name.

PETALING JAYA: The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) says Tan Sri Azam Baki should retract his letter of demand against anti-graft activist Lalitha Kunaratnam, saying the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner should not go after whistleblowers.