SHAH ALAM - Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has disagreed with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's suggestion that individuals with titles like "Tun" are harder to investigate than ordinary citizens.
At a special press conference, Dr Mahathir argued that probing high-ranking officials like the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner poses a greater challenge.
"The ones that are difficult to investigate are the prime minister, the head of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, and the deputy prime minister," he told a press conference at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana in Putrajaya.
These remarks were prompted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's comments, suggesting that investigating individuals with titles like 'Tun' or prominent tycoons is not as straightforward as probing village heads or school teachers.
However, Anwar did not specify any particular individuals.
The backdrop for these comments is the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) inquiry into alleged corruption and money laundering involving former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, who denied the charges, describing the investigation as a political "witch-hunt."
MACC has also summoned Mahathir's son, Mirzan, a businessman, to scrutinise financial documents and assets linked to Malaysians mentioned in the Pandora Papers and Panama Papers reports.