South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
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Azam Baki steps down as MACC chief, leaving Malaysia’s PM Anwar to face the fallout
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Azam Baki, Malaysia's anti-corruption watchdog chief, has stepped down after six years, leaving Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to manage the political consequences amid questions about Azam's own conduct.
Azam Baki steps down as MACC chief, leaving Malaysia’s PM Anwar to face the fallout
On his last morning in charge of Malaysia’s anti-corruption watchdog, Azam Baki did what he had always done – talked tough and walked away on his own terms.
But the man who spent the past six years making the country’s powerful sweat left behind a question he never satisfactorily answered: what do you do when the anti-corruption chief becomes the story?
Analysts say Azam’s exit puts Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who stood by him throughout, in a difficult position ahead of the next general...
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