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Liew: No new lead to reopen corruption probe against Taib

Liew: No new lead to reopen corruption probe against Taib

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no new lead for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to reopen corruption investigation against Sarawak Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud.

In a Parliamentary reply, Law Minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong said while MACC had received information from Sarawak Report and Bruno Manser Fund, he claimed that the information was similar to the one given before.

“They are not new evidence that could allow MACC to open a new investigation paper,” he told Kevin Yii (Pakatan Harapan-Bandar Kuching).

“There is no obstruction for MACC to reopen its investigation if there is new evidence.

“The then attorney-general had studied the case presented before him and decided not to go ahead with the prosecution,” Liew said.

In May 2018, international NGO Bruno Manser Fund offered to share new information with MACC against the former Sarawak chief minister.

Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown also returned to Malaysia last year to assist MACC if they are planning to investigate Taib.

In June 2018, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government could not take action against Taib without new complaints.

Taib served as the chief minister of Sarawak from 1981 to 2014.

His tenure was riddled with allegations of corruption, uncontrolled deforestation and claims that his family members had extensive business interests in the state government’s projects.

Earlier this month, Parti Sosialis Malaysia also urged the newly minted MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya to reopen probe against Taib.