Wong showing a reply from MACC dated April 13, 2016 directed to him.
KUCHING: Re-elected Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei has lodged a formal complaint through a letter to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Complaints Committee against the conduct of MACC in handling information supplied for purpose of investigation.
Wong said the letter dated May 10 was addressed to Tan Sri Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot, who heads MACC Complaints Committee, an external body set up under the MACC Act 2009 to ensure that MACC carry out their work in accordance with the law.
According to him, he had personally submitted a bundle of information to the MACC office here, in which he requested for investigation of the MACC to be conducted on the alienation of state land described as ‘Lot 6 & 7 Block 4, Buloh Land District’, located in Batang Balingian, Sarawak with the approximate area of 6,765.5 acres at a meagre premium of about RM300 per acre.
“By a letter dated April 13, 2016 directed to me, which I noticed on May 9, 2016, the Commission replied that the information has been brought to ‘Information Evaluation Committee’ on April 4, 2016 and the meeting resolved that ‘the information is referred to the Sarawak State Secretary,” Wong told a press conference here yesterday.
He said the information was adduced for the purpose of demanding an investigation to be carried out against the state government, or the ministers of the cabinet during the time of alienation.
“The conduct of the Commission referring the information supplied by me to the state secretary of the government of Sarawak is senseless and not acceptable. This is as if someone lodges a police report against a thief, the person receiving my report refers my information to the thief.”
Wong said it is the duty of MACC imposed under the MACC Act 2009 to detect and investigate any suspected offence under the Act (Section 7(b) (i)) and not to refer the information to the party who is the suspect to the offence.
“This indicates that the Commission is not an independent and dedicated body to fight against corruption.”
Further, he said in the letter dated April 13 by the MACC, by not marking ‘X’ on the other boxes, the commission acknowledged that his accusation was not general and it could be proven by the evidence supplied there was element of
corruption.
“Thus, I shall state that the commission had committed misconduct by refusing to initiate investigation against the Sarawak state government and further referring my information to the secretary of the Sarawak state government.”
Wong said if no action was taken after this, he would have further cause to carry on as he believed that this was a criminal offence.
“Because it is a breach of statutory duty and there is element of corruption in handling the corruption case by MACC.
“I will definitely bring this issue up during the coming State Legislative Assembly sitting.”