JOHOR BARU: The government should review existing laws under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 following the controversy surrounding the anti-graft body's chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, says PKR Youth chief Akmal Nasir.

       The Johor Baru MP is also calling on the government to add one more day to the Special Parliamentary Meeting to be held next Thursday (Jan 20).

       “The special sitting is to discuss the floods that already occurred more than a month ago but we are hoping to include the question of integrity that has plagued the MACC, which is equally important.

       “This matter needs a solution from both sides on the proper way of having a system of checks and balances on the MACC to save the institution,” he added after having his statement recorded by police at the Johor Baru South district headquarters here on Thursday (Jan 13).

       He was called up following his involvement in a peaceful protest organised outside MACC headquarters in Putrajaya on Monday (Jan 10).

       “Under the Act, several special committees were formed to monitor the MACC such as the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board but now we can see that this has failed.

       “This integrity issue within the MACC has weakened the body’s position,” he said, adding that amending the Act would help strengthen MACC again.

       Akmal also said a second memorandum, called the “people’s memorandum”, will be handed over to the government at Parliament during the Jan 20 meeting.

       Allegations recently surfaced that Azam owned a substantial number of shares in Gets Global Bhd as well as Excel Force MSC Bhd between 2015 and 2016 when he was the MACC director of investigations.