Anwar brushes off calls for Azam’s sacking

2026-02-11 - 15:56

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said there was no basis to remove Azam Baki as MACC chief commissioner. PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has brushed aside calls for the government to remove Azam Baki as Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief. Anwar said there was no basis to remove Azam, whom he credited with carrying out his responsibilities well as MACC chief commissioner. “If someone is doing their job, why sack them? Read his explanation (on the report about his purported shareholdings),” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia’s Chinese New Year celebration tonight. Anwar said the criticism levelled at Azam was unhealthy, and urged all quarters to look at the MACC chief’s explanation on the matter before passing judgment. He added that decisions should not be made without hearing out the relevant parties and considering the facts. There have been calls from PKR MPs like Rafizi Ramli and Hassan Karim, among others, for Azam to resign or for the government to suspend or sack him from