MACC’s justification for son’s presence illogical, says Saravanan
The former human resources minister says the agency failed to exercise basic discretion in requiring his 12-year-old son to be present at its headquarters.
Former Malaysian human resources minister M Saravanan has lambasted the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) logic for requiring his 12-year-old son to be present at the agency's headquarters. Saravanan described the reasoning as "entirely illogical" and a failure to exercise basic discretion and common sense when it comes to a minor.
He questioned why the MACC did not use its discretion much earlier, as needing a child to be served a legal notice in person was an overreach of statutory power. The chief commissioner's claim that the children "had no one left at home" was dismissed by Saravanan as both irrelevant and dismissive, further highlighting the administrative oversight in requiring a minor to attend an anti-corruption headquarters.
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