Don’t use diversionary tactic
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Haji Aman said Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal should let the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) do its job in investigating the alleged corruption involving the Rural and Regional Development Ministry during his tenure as minister.
Musa said Shafie should be more composed in handling the situation instead hurling accusations at others and trying to implicate others.
“There is no need to act all panicky. There is nothing to fear if you are not in the wrong like the Malay saying, ‘Berani kerana benar, takut kerana salah’,” he said yesterday.
Musa said that up till now, he had not said a word about the case despite being openly attacked in the latter’s political ceramahs and the social media.
”However, today I feel compelled to say something because he tried to implicate me in Parliament by saying someone related to me got a project. I was not even aware of the project in question.
“I have a large extended family. I can’t stop those who are friendly to Shafie from getting projects,” he said.
Musa added that Shafie should be more gentlemanly in his conduct and not use parliamentary immunity and diversionary tactic to remove the spotlight from him.
He also said MACC had hauled in individuals from both sides of the political divide in its investigation of corruption cases in the country.
“The issue of this case being politically motivated does not arise because MACC has gone after people from the ruling party in many other cases,” he said.
He said MACC should be allowed to conduct its official investigation without fear or favour and certainly without all the dramatic rantings.
“Maybe some people have the time to whine and rant all over the place but I do not because I have a state to take care of,” he said.
Shafie, the Semporna Member of Parliament and former Rural and Regional Development Minister, was among those remanded by the MACC last month to facilitate investigations into the alleged embezzelment of federal funds for infrastructure development projects in Sabah for six years since 2010.
On Oct 27, he was released on bail of RM100,000 with a deposit of RM80,000 after his seven days of remand by the MACC ended.
Shafie was called up again on Monday to give a witness statement to another case MACC was investigating.