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ACA wants Nalla to explain allegation on RM60 Anwar received from Magnum |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 03:35pm |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26, 2008) : The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) wants Datuk S.
Nallakaruppan to brief the agency over his allegation that Parti Keadilan Rakyat
adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had received RM60 million from Magnum
Corporation, of which he (Nallakaruppan) was a director.
As the allegation was serious, ACA Deputy Director-General I Datuk Abu Kassim
Mohamed said, Nallakaruppan who was once Anwar's friend, would be called as soon
as possible by the agency.
"We are advising him to lodge an official report with us to explain his
allegation. We need to gather vital information pertaining to the matter.
"ACA can only begin a probe if there's a (official) report, and not through
hearsay.
"Therefore, we want him to brief us first," he told reporters after the closing
ceremony of the Executive Certificate Course for Strategic Management of
Anti-Corruption Programme here today.
Abu Kassim said the anti-graft agency must look into various angles of the
allegation before taking further action.
Asked whether ACA would be calling the management of Magnum Corporation or Anwar
himself to facilitate the agency's investigations into the matter, Abu Kassim
said:
"If necessary, we will call upon other related quarters to explain. It all
depends on the need of our investigation.
"But at the moment, we will only be calling Nallakaruppan to assist us. We also
have to verify many things before starting a probe."
In his allegation made two days ago in Bukit Mertajam, Nallakaruppan, who is
Malaysian Indian United Party president, also alleged that Anwar had approved
many licences for gambling, when the latter was finance minister.
Earlier in his closing speech, Abu Kassim stressed the importance of fighting
the scourge of corruption as it was needed to guarantee the survival of a
government.
He also said a corrupt system invariably led to corrupt public decisions and
would lead to economic disaster, and therefore, it was important to focus on new
strategies in tackling issues related to graft.
Twenty participants from Nigeria, Brunei, Bhutan, Mongolia and Malaysia attended
the two-week programme held at the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Agency (MACA) here.
-- BERNAMA
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