• Just when Najib is stronger, comes two baggages - Malaysian AG and Anti Corruption Chief !

Just when Najib is stronger, comes two baggages - Malaysian AG and Anti Corruption Chief  !

Since Raja Petra, a portal owner of Malaysia Today revealed three weeks ago about the strange relationship between a member of parliament, Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and Malaysian Attorney General, Apandi Ali, the anti corruption Chief Dzulkiflee Ahmad has now come under scandalous spotlight.

Apandi had threatened to sue Raja Petra for his accusations against Apandi hinting that he has a corrupt relationship with Azeez.  Maybe due to the legal threat, Raja Petra appears to have back tracked and gave the impression that his sources may have got the story wrong. However, the truth is out there - Apandi is a board member of Tabung Haji, a very cash rich government linked agency that arranges Malaysian pilgrims to Mecca. A simple search on the Tabung haji website will   prove this. Azeez is the Chairman. This relationship alone will discredit Apandi as an independent Attorney General.

Najib has come out strong since 2015 politically after surviving a potential political coup by his own then deputy and a few members in the enforcement agency. Ironically, including the Malaysian Attorney general office and the Anti Corruption Commission. Now, the scandal ridden heads of these two agencies may bring his credibility and political ratings down in the face of the coming general election. Will Najib clear the obstacle before he faces the election or in his known style try to push it under the carpet and let it become an election issue?

Many analysts in Malaysia believe that this will brew into a major election issue for Najib if he does not replace them both, especially the AG. Najib needs to have less of this type of credibility of his agencies issues and needs to move fast. Many Malaysians are already asking if Najib is playing into the AG's hands for some reason or other. Of course this may well be perception but this is all that counts in politics. 

Will Najib be wise to create a perception of credibility by appointing the right candidates without any baggages who will be acceptable to the Malaysian public?  Only time will tell and time is something Najib does not have much of.

Syed  Kamran Ali


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