Letter to the Distinguished Advisory Members of the MACC

Dear Honorable Men and Women of the MACC advisory board, committee and panels,

A young and promising life was snuffed out too early and in the most unacceptable and suspicious of circumstances.  It happened under your watch in the MACC.

I am not sure whether you are fully aware of the extent of public outrage that this tragic death has provoked.  It is an outpouring which cuts across all groups and communities.

Much of this outpouring has been expressed over the blogs and websites.  As usual, the mainstream media has not fully reported on the public revulsion and anger.

Just as important to note is that many Malaysians have lost faith in the MACC.  It is not only the MACC that they have no confidence in.  It is also the so-called watchdog advisory board, committees and panels – which you are all members of – that the public has expressed strong and negative feelings towards.

I myself have lost faith with the MACC and I must also declare here, with the advisory bodies which you are members of.

I know some of you personally – a few for many years now.  Because you are honorable people and had good intentions when you agreed to serve, I strongly feel that the only way for you to redeem that lost honor and integrity when Teo Beng Hock died under the custody of the MACC, is for you all to resign en bloc.

I know that it may prove difficult for you to resign all alone by yourself given the long and vindictive reach of our political authorities in dealing with individual dissent.

But as a group, that decision to resign should be a lot easier.

Not only will you redeem that lost honor and integrity when you resign but your decision will – in my view – impact positively on the political consciousness of the nation at large.

With your decision, we can console ourselves that during this period of finger pointing and blame deflecting, there is a group of leaders that is willing to shoulder responsibility personally when things they are entrusted with go horribly wrong.   

I hope you realize that it cannot be business as usual for the MACC advisory bodies.  These bodies have lost that credibility and the public trust which is crucial in carrying out the mission of reform they were entrusted with.

For now, much of public perception is that the MACC’s Advisory Board, Special Committee on Corruption, Complaints Committee, Operations Review Panel and the Corruption Consultation and Prevention Panel are merely serving as fig leaves attempting to cover up or justify the political agenda of an untrustworthy and disreputable agency.

The longer you stay as members of the MACC advisory board, panels and committees, the more you risk your good name.

Retaining ties with MACC is to condone its unacceptable practices which have resulted in a tragic death. Decency calls that you consult your conscience and sever these ties immediately.

Do the right thing now – please resign.

Yours truly

 

Dr. Lim Teck Ghee

 

 

Anti-Corruption Advisory Board

Y.A.Bhg Tun Abdul Hamid bin Haji Mohamad Y. Bhg Tan Sri Datuk Amar Haji Hamid Bugo Y. Bhg Prof. Tan Sri Dr Mohd Kamal Hassan Y. Bhg Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar Hassan Y. Bhg Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Simon Sipaun Y. Bhg Puan Sri Zaiton Zawiyah Puteh Y. Bhg Datuk Rashpal Singh a/l Jeswant Singh Y. Bhg Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon Y. Bhg Profesor Dato’ Anwar Fazal Y. Bhg Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim Y. Brs Encik Chelvarajah Ramasamy Reddiar

Special committee on corruption

Y.B. Dato’ Seri Mohd. Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad Y.B. Datuk Razali bin Hj. Ibrahim Y.B. Dato’ Hj. Abdul Rahman bin Dahlan Y.B. Dr Tan Seng Giaw Y.B. Tuan Salahuddin bin Hj. Ayub Y.B. Sen. Ir. Hj. Zamri bin Hj. Yusuf Y.B. Sen. Dato’ Armani bte. Hj. Mahirudin

Complaints Committee

Y. Bhg Datuk Haji Mohd Nor bin Haji Abdullah Y. Bhg Datuk Muhammad bin Mohd Noor Y. Bhg Dato’ Wan Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah Y. Brs En. Chooi Mun Sau Y Brs Encik Ravindran a/l V. Muthu

Operations review panel

Y. Bhg Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Hadenan bin Abdul Jalil Y. Bhg Dato’ Cecil Abraham Y. Brs Encik Nik Mohd Hasyudeen bin Yusoff Y. Brs Encik Walter Sandosam Y. Bhg Datin Aminah binti Pit Abd Raman Y. Bhg Dato’ Md Hamzah bin Md. Kassim Y. Brs Prof. Dr Syed Noh Syed Ahmad

Corruption consultation and prevention panel

Y. Bhg Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam Y. Bhg Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Rahman Hj. Embong Y. Bhg Dr Zainal Abidin Abdul Majid Y. Bhg Datuk David Chua Y. Bhg Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai Y. Bhg Dato’ Kamaruddin Zakaria Y. Bhg Tan Sri Nordin Kardi Y. Bhg Dato’ Prof. Dr. Ishak Tambi Kechik Y. Bhg Dato’ Sri Azman Ujang Y. Brs Encik Anis Yusal Yusoff Y. Bhg Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin

(source: http://www.sprm.gov.my)