Fresh calls to probe Azam after corruption ranking drops below 2012 level

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PKR MPs have renewed calls for the government to act on MACC chief Azam Baki, who is currently embroiled in a “crisis of morale and integrity”.

This is after Malaysia’s ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) dropped to the worst level since 2012.

In a statement, Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah said the drop reflected on the government’s lack of political will to tackle corruption, citing the Azam case as an example.

“The government under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob should act fast to correct the perception that has befallen Malaysia for fear of severe repercussions in the future,” she added.

Azam came under the spotlight over his ownership of close to two million shares in a public-listed company between 2015 and 2016.

The share ownership had raised questions on whether it was commensurate with his income as a public servant and conflict of interest concerns.

Azam has denied wrongdoing.

The 2021 CPI published on Thursday shows that the country’s score has fallen for the second time in a row, dropping three points from last year’s report which resulted in a score of 48 out of 100.

The score deterioration is reflected in Malaysia’s ranking, which dropped to the 62nd spot from 54 in 2012.

Following the release of the report, the MACC has vowed to review the findings and come up with recommendations.

However, Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasir said the solution for the graft buster and the government was to conduct a transparent probe on Azam.

“I believe this is the first step that should be taken by the government and MACC to clear the name of the institution as well as the good name of Malaysia on an international level,” the PKR Youth chief said in a separate statement.

The PKR MPs also repeated calls to place the MACC under Parliament and be independent to avoid any interference.

Meanwhile, the Arrest Azam Baki Action Committee questioned the purpose of investigating protest organisers instead of probing Azam.

“Almost 50 activists have been and will be called in by the police for investigation.

“The authorities are trying to scare the rakyat by announcing that they have identified 94 activists and 12 civilians who attended (last Saturday’s) peaceful assembly.

“The committee views these investigations as a form of intimidation, excessiveness and waste of police resources.

“The person who should be investigated is Azam and his scandalous shareholder ‘brother’,” said the group in a statement today.

The group claimed that public trust in the country’s governance was further ruined after the revelation of Malaysia’s rank in the CPI.

They stressed that Azam needed to be reprimanded for investigations to commence.

“As long as he remains on that golden throne, the rakyat is unable to believe in the MACC to prevent bribery and corruption that is widespread in the country,” they said. 

Source: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/608616

呼吁政府大刀阔斧改革反贪会别畏首畏尾

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最近闹得沸沸扬扬的反贪会主席持股事件，反映了反贪会急需改革，以重塑反贪会的公信力，也帮助国家树立反贪威信。

首相乃至整个内阁在此事件上表现得畏首畏尾，难免令人觉得有官官相护之嫌，甚至有人发出疑问，难道这些政府大员都有把柄被人抓住吗？

首相对于涉及反贪会的案件，虽然不能插手，但他应该公正、严明处理，以赢回大众，特别是外资的信心。

我发觉，在这个事件上，所以有的部长都似乎有意和这事件保持距离，即不吭声，抱着明哲保身的态度，让人不禁怀疑，他们是不是都有把柄被人家握在手里？

此外，反贪会主席阿占巴基公然违抗国会遴选委员会的传召，不但失去一个证明清白的好机会，也显露他目中无人，有持无恐，那么，到底是什么造成今日的他？

我建议首相和内阁，应该向元首建言，要求把阿占巴基停职接受调查，给人民一个交代，如果没有一个很好解释，政府倒台的历史将会重复。

阿占巴基应该清楚，他只不过是一个公务员，而不是一位政客，不要把自己的辩护行动搞得好像是在搞政治造势行活动。身为公务人员，他们有一套公务员必须遵守的SOP，他应该接受公开和独立的调查，所谓真金不怕火炼，清者自清。

近年来，我国的外来投资少之又少，部分原因难道不是贪污问题造成的吗？所以，我国必须大刀阔斧的改革反贪这一块，以及为国内的政治风气拨乱反正，以赢得海外投资者的信心。

我希望，政府和反贪会主席不要再侮辱平民百姓的智慧，所谓水能载舟亦能覆舟。

近年的乱象已经严重影响我国的形象，我希望民间可以发起一场大清除运动，以治理这些乱象，去除人治的歪风，牢固法治意识和规矩意意识。

 

反贪会前顾问丹斯里拿督彭茂燊太平局绅呼促请 反贪会主席丹斯里阿占巴基停职接受调查

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为了维护反贪会的诚信，我促请反贪会主席丹斯里阿占巴基应该自动停职接受调查，以证明自己的清白。

此外，反贪会似乎又变成了另一个政治团体，3名副主席表面明支持他们的主席丹斯里阿占巴基，他们是否知道自己的职责？当他们在指控这事件是政治报复时，难道他们不懂得要经过调查才发表这个声明吗？他们应该立案调查以证明这事件如他们所说的，而不是草率表态，把自己和反贪会政治化。

经过反贪会顾问团主席阿布查哈、首相署部长拿督斯里旺朱乃迪的澄清，以及反贪会三名副主席的表态，并不能让整个事件更明朗化，而是挑起了更多疑问，这绝对会对反贪会的声誉和诚信造成二度伤害。

反贪会之前已经发生其保管的巨款不翼而飞的事件，再加上当前闹得沸沸扬扬的主席持股事件，反贪会的清廉形象、可信度和诚信，已经溃败不成形了，因此，身为反贪会主席的阿占巴基应该自动停职，以示本身愿意接受调查来证明自己是清白的。

政府在这个事件上应该快刀斩乱麻，而不应该表现得拖泥带水，遮遮掩掩，政府的无作为表现，只会凸显官官相护的歪现象，这将让人们对我国的反贪机制更失信心。

在这个事件上，反贪会顾问团主席阿布查哈犯的第一个错是站出来替阿占巴基证清白，因为，反贪会顾问团并没有调查的权限。顾问团的其他6个成员日前发表的文告更证明这一点。反贪会的顾问团和顾问们应该要了解自己的定位和角色，然后尽本分去服务，才不会辜负他们的职责。

 

Azam Baki should have told his brother to ‘f*** off’: Robert Phang

 KUALA LUMPUR – A former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory board member has grilled the graft busters chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, asserting that he is making a mockery out of the people and the country’s judiciary system by looking to clear himself of any alleged wrongdoings.

Tan Sri Robert Phang, now a prominent social activist and philanthropist, said Azam further convoluted the matter by implicating Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (LPPR) chairman Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang as the one who absolved him of any wrongdoing, suggesting LPPR as infallible.

He added that Azam breached MACC standard operating procedures (SOPs) by allowing his brother to use his share-trading account, saying such actions were equivalent to condoning an offence.

“101% he breached the rules. It concerns SOPs because if my brother approached me (to use my trading account) and I was a MACC chief, I would tell him to f*** off.

“But now you allow him to carry on, so that’s the same as condoning an offence that amounts to the same punishment – in my view.

“He (Azam) is making a fool out of us, the system, and the entire judiciary. Letting him go is the easy way to go about it, but this case should be investigated by police or any other independent body, without fear or favour. 

“Because we are watching, the rakyat is watching, the whole world is watching,” Phang told The Vibes.

This is in response to Azam and Abu Zahar’s remarks, where the latter during a press conference yesterday insisted the MACC chief did no wrong in allowing his brother to use his share-trading account.

Phang today suggested to The Vibes that a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the matter would be the most suitable option to get to the bottom of it.

“A proper RCI should be formed to probe into the whole thing because the MACC chief himself has been implicated, so where is the faith, trust, and confidence that we are supposed to have in MACC?

“The system has been screwed up by this stupidity, oh Azam.”

Phang added that LPPR should consider applying for a temporary interdiction of Azam’s tenure while investigations are underway to avoid any further conflict of interest.

An interdiction refers to an official instruction from a court of law barring someone from a certain action.

“I would recommend for the board to interdict him with half pay because when you say no pay, that could look like someone is convicted already, but when it's half pay, there is still a chance (to be absolved) and society will still think that you are not guilty until proven.”

In yesterday’s press conference, Abu Zahar said LPPR conducted a meeting with Azam on November 24 to seek an explanation on the allegations that have since plagued the anti-graft body.

He added that LPPR was satisfied by the explanation given by Azam and found no criminal elements involving him or conflict of interest.

Azam meanwhile insisted he as the chief commissioner is only answerable to LPPR.

He also claimed the allegations of conflict of interest brought against him were created by certain parties looking to take advantage and attack MACC and ruin the commission’s image and his personal reputation. – 

Source : https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/51408/azam-baki-should-have-told-his-brother-to-f-off-robert-phang

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新年献词

我们终于送走2021年了。

来到这个时间节点上，就是新旧交替的时刻。我们抱持着希望迎接2022年，希望疫情消散，经济回稳，生活回归正轨。

在辞旧迎新，继往开来的时刻，我祝福大家，新年快乐!

回顾过去的十二个月，我们经历了整整365天的疫情笼罩，生活充满了未知，许多计划都赶不上变化，因此，这一年，大家都过得很不容易。

2021年，是一个充满了挑战和无奈的年头，虽然如此，今天我们还是能够在一起迎接新一年的到来，这就证明，我们已经成功爬过了这个艰难的大坎，接下来，我们就要怀揣着梦想继续前进。

展望2022年，我认为世界依旧是充满着变局的，对于这一年，我们要保持定力、坚定信心、直面挑战。

在迎接新一年的到来，我们要充满感怀和期待，我们没有停下脚步的理由，也没有顾影自怜的时间，奋斗让人增长信心。

就让2021年成为我们的记忆，走过这一年真的不易，它是一种唤醒，令我们更懂得珍惜身边的一切，家人、同事、朋友等。也让更多人学会了感恩，学会了尽本分，保护自己、保护他人，以及温暖家人。

 

在新的一年里，愿我们身体健康，生活越来越好。

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IS UMNO LEADERS SPLITTING INTO 2 DIVISION / NAMELY FOR AND AGAINST. INTERESTING???

Please enhance the Rakyat on the news that's being currently viralled in the social media that the UMNO leadership at its recent Supreme Council meeting has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to seek an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for royal assent to dissolve Parliament to pave the way for the 15th general election.

But according to the same news report, a majority of Supreme Council members including Ismail Sabri and another party vice president voted against the move initiated by UMNO President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.  Since UMNO has so far not issued a denial on the report, it is logical to conclude that the UMNO leadership had indeed taken such a move and this is most depressing news to the nation and the Rakyat.

It once again shows the damage that politicians could do to satisfy their selfish agenda and that they are the least concerned about the ensuing political uncertainty and instability that could result from their actions.  If our Members of Parliament do care to pause for a moment and reflect on the oath of office they had taken as lawmakers, they certainly would realize how they have betrayed the trust and the mandate that the electorate had delivered.  As lawmakers, the least that the rakyat expect them to do is to act responsibly instead of creating instability that at the end of the day, the entire nation would have to pay a high price in terms of the social and economic costs.

Already, Malaysia is fast losing out our once enviable position as an attractive country for foreign investors to other Asean partners like Vietnam and Indonesia. These past three years that saw Malaysia having four prime ministers shows the political pandemic that we are in.

On another score, I am of the opinion that the Malaysian Parliament is currently loaded with many MPs who have overstayed and in this regard, parties to which they belong to should make a conscious commitment to replace them with fresh faces come to the next general election.  As for GE15, with the Covid-19 still very much threatening both lives and livelihoods, I urge the Prime Minister to reject any move by the UMNO leadership towards a snap general election.

 

I have full confidence that he would do so in the national interest.

 

“HUMBLENESS IS A GOOD VIRTUE, ARROGANCE SHALL FALL AND THE MEEK WILL RULE THE WORLD”.

 

Tan Sri Datuk Robert Phang Miow Sin.
Justice of the Peace.        

 

THE PEOPLE DESERVE MORE COMMITTED ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

15^th November 2021
 PRESS STATEMENT BY:-
TAN SRI DATUK ROBERT PHANG MIOW SIN.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
CHAIRMAN – SOCIAL CARE FOUNDATION

 

 THE PEOPLE DESERVE MORE COMMITTED ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

With talk of the 15th general election expected to be held in the not too distant future, it is timely to remind political parties scrambling to field candidates not to give another chance to those who didn't perform during their current term.  As I go around, I have heard people telling me that there are many such non-performing Yang Berhormat , including those who don't even meet their constituents during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yes, granted that it is not permissible for them to be physically present in their constituency in compliance with standard operating procedure, but it doesn't mean that they don't show up at all to see for themselves the needs of their constituents.  This can still be done by complying with the SOP.

I am beginning to wonder if the leadership of political parties has a system to monitor and gauge the performance of their Wakil Rakyat at all as even those whose performance is below par are again fielded as candidates previously.  In the same light, not all ministers perform well and those that don't should not remain the Cabinet.

I welcome the move by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob who upon his appoinment in August introduced the 100-day report card on the performance of his felllow Cabinet Ministers.  I am sure that rakyat are waiting anxiously for the Prime Minster to announce the outcomes of the report card.

In this connection, I would like to mention here that I am indeed very impressed with the performance of the Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin since his recent appointment.  He has shown to be highly committed in carrying out his duties and responsibilities and being someone always on his toes in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

By comparison, there are so many other ministers in our bloated Cabinet for which the rakyat are curious to know what have they done to justify their fat salary, allowances and other perks?  They must buck up and show much greater commitment in line with the oath of office to which they were sworn in.

There is so much that needs to be done to make up for the damage which the pandemic has done instead of still indulging in toxic politicking and other non-beneficial matters.  The rakyat certainly deserve more committed Elected Representatives and let me also say that they will have no hesitation to reject the non-performing ones come the election.

“HUMBLENESS IS A GOOD VIRTUE, ARROGANCE SHALL FALL AND THE MEEK WILL RULE THE WORLD”.

Tan Sri Datuk Robert Phang Miow Sin.
Justice of the Peace.