
“The world is watching, and if there is indeed foul play, it would be gravely damaging, economically and democratically,” said Muda vice-president Lim Wei Jiet in a statement.
He said it was disappointing that “certain irresponsible politicians” were using the MACC investigations to cast doubt on the judiciary and in particular Nazlan, who was the judge who convicted former prime minister Najib Razak in his SRC case when he was in the High Court.
“Such an attack would erode public trust in our judiciary, especially when it concerns the SRC and 1MDB trials, which are closely watched all across the globe,” said Lim.
He also said it was wrong for MACC to suggest that an investigation paper must automatically be opened once a report is lodged as MACC has the power to dismiss frivolous complaints.
“The law provides for the authorities to dismiss frivolous complaints at the outset so as not to waste precious time and manpower.”
Lim said that any grievance against the former prime minister’s conviction should be taken up at the appellate courts instead of through “backhanded politically-driven methods”.
MACC on Friday said that it had opened an investigation paper following a report lodged about an unexplained sum of more than RM1 million in Nazlan’s bank account. However, the anti-corruption agency did not say whether a full investigation would follow.
Nazlan has since lodged a police report over the allegations, saying they were “false, baseless and malicious”, aimed at undermining his credibility as a judge.
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