BOMBSHELL – DZULKIFLI VOWS TO CARRY ON BUT DOESN’T DENY IT’S HIM IN BALI TRYST WITH MARRIED WOMAN: CAN MACC BE LED BY AN IMMORAL CHIEF?

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Dzukifli Ahmad says he will not succumb to personal attacks and has vowed to fight corruption in the country without fear or favour.

“We will not bow down to pressure and we will continue to carry out our duties and responsibilities to ensure that the country is rid of those who are involved in corruption and power abuse,” he said to TV3 during an interview.

Dzulkifli’s remarks came following allegations that he was embroiled in an extramarital affair.

Dzulkifli labelled the allegations as dirty and despicable, with an intention to tarnish his reputation and to discredit MACC’s efforts in combating corruption.

According to Dzulkifli, he has contacted Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun regarding the matter and the police are set to take further action.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak had earlier advised Dzulkifli to remain steadfast and to not succumb to underhanded tactics aimed at undermining him.

Last year, the MACC moved against senior officials of the Sabah Water Department and recovered more than RM50mil in cash – the largest seizure in the country.

Three people have been charged in court so far in connection with the money-laundering case, also popularly known as the Sabah Watergate scandal.

As of July this year, the MACC had investigated 56 cases in Sabah which mostly dealt with false claims for projects which were purportedly never carried out.

Among the high profile cases MACC recently tackled was the probe into the skimming of up to RM1.5bil in federal projects allocations for the poor in Sabah through the Rural and Regional Development Ministry.

Last Tuesday, the MACC had officially arrested Hamid Apdal, who is the younger brother of Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal

The MACC is expected to make more arrests as they sift through some 350 projects that were given to some 60 companies between 2009 and 2015.The money was allegedly stolen from RM7.5bil worth of projects during that period in Sabah.

Many of the projects were allegedly uncompleted or failed to meet specifications though full payments were made to the companies. MACC has so far frozen some RM170mil in bank accounts and assets in some of the companies involved in the project.

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MEANWHILE, according to The Malay Mail:

KUALA LUMPUR― Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad today vowed to carry on his fight against corruption, and said that he will not bow down or succumb to personal attacks and “dirty” allegations.

This comes amid allegations of an affair between him and a married woman.

“We will not bow down to pressure and we will continue to carry out our duties and responsibilities to ensure that the country is rid of those who are involved in corruption and power abuse,” Dzulkifli told TV3 in an interview which aired this evening.

The MACC chief described the allegations as “dirty” and “despicable”, saying it was aimed at tarnishing his reputation and to discrediting the commission.

Dzulkifli added that he has contacted Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun regarding the matter and the police will take further action.

Earlier today, it was reported that the police are investigating a senior MACC official under a colonial-era law that prohibits a man from “enticing” a married woman in order to have sex with her.

Malay news portal Sinar Online reported IGP Fuzi as saying that the police were also trying to identify the individual responsible for distributing a video online that claimed the senior MACC official had gone to Bali, Indonesia, with a married woman last July.

“The case is being investigated under Section 498 of the Penal Code,” Fuzi was quoted saying in Sepang today.

Section 498 criminalises the enticement or detention of a married woman, “with intent that she may have illicit intercourse”, punishable with two years’ jail, a fine, or both.

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