Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said Section 72 of the MACC Act 2009 provided for immunity from action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings against MACC officers in any court or before any other authority.
“The immunity is applicable on the condition that such act or statement is done or made, or was omitted to be done or made, in good faith.
“Nevertheless, the immunity will not be applicable if it can be proven that there was a criminal act, mala fide or evil intention by the MACC officers in discharging their duties under the MACC Act 2009,” he said when replying to a question from Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (BN-Gua Musang).
Tengku Razaleigh had wanted to know whether the government would review the vast authority, including protection or immunity from legal action, enjoyed by the MACC.
Replying to a supplementary question, from Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur), that MACC officers only acted against leaders of opposition political parties, Mohamed Nazri said this was not true at all.
“If we have been following the news lately, six of the seven people whom the MACC had brought to court were directly or indirectly linked to Umno. Only one was from the DAP,” he said. — Bernam
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