NO ONE ACCORDED SPECIAL TREATMENT BY MACC

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Everybody who is investigated by the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACCV) for corruption is treated the same,
regardless of whether the individual is an ordinary person or a politician, said
its Chief Commissioner Ahmad Said Hamdan.

He said politicians, whether they were from the opposition parties or the
government, were also treated the same.

"Everybody is the same and no one is accorded special treatment. Even if he
is a chief minister, he has no power to stop our investigation," he said when
contacted by Bernama here Monday night.

He was commenting on a call by the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board for the
MACC to continue its investigations into corruption cases regardless of the
status or background of the individuals involved.

On remarks by MACC Investigation Director Shukri Abdull that the commission
would stop investigating politicians indefinitely as the commission was being
slammed by various parties, Ahmad Said said Mohd Shukri felt pressured by
unfounded allegations hurled at the commission.

Mohd Shukri made the remarks after the MACC was accused of acting
aggressively in the arrest of Wong Chuan How, an aide to Selangor state
executive councillor Ronnie Liu, on Friday.
-- BERNAMA