00:00The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's Anti-Corruption Advisory Board has called for an end to speculation over the controversy surrounding
00:08the top graph busters shareholding in a financial services company.
00:13In a statement, ACAB Chairman Salim Fateh Din said such speculation gave the impression that it was an oversight failure.
00:22He said the issues should be assessed based on facts and not perceptions shaped by incomplete and imbalanced news reports.
00:30On Tuesday, MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki clarified that his shareholding in a financial services company was acquired last year
00:38and disposed of within the same year, adding that the shares were properly declared.
00:44Bloomberg had reported that Azam's shareholding was disclosed in Velocity Capital Berhad's annual return lodged on February 3 last year.
00:52His name still appears on the Company's Register of Shareholders at the Company's Commission of Malaysia.
00:58Azam has described reports questioning his shareholding as malicious and misleading, saying he is considering legal action over what he
01:07describes as defamatory claims.
01:10Anuodro FMT.
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