DPM Zahid: Describing MACC as a political tool is standard opposition script
Malay Mail
PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed allegations that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is carrying out political persecution against opposition leaders, describing the claim as a standard attempt to “politicise everything.”
“Everything is turned into political capital,” he said in response to questions by reporters who approached the Umno leader at a Hari Raya event here.
Perikatan Nasional leaders have accused Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government of political witch-hunting after Perlis Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli was hauled by the MACC for questioning this afternoon, making the Bersatu leader the latest opposition member to have been investigated for corruption.
Anwar has consistently maintained that these investigations are independent.
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