Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh said it was incumbent on MACC Chief Dzulkifli Ahmad to take the necessary steps to arrest these suspects as failure to do so was tantamount to a grave dereliction of duty.
“As the newly-minted chief of the MACC, Dzulkifli can ill-afford the perception that he is aware of corrupt activity involving politicians and community leaders but not acting against them,” he said in a statement.
He said MACC must arrest them immediately and not wait for them to surrender themselves since Dzulkifli’s message was clear.
Ramkarpal, who is also a lawyer, said Dzulkifli was also quoted as saying, that “Don’t let the termites of evil eat through the doors of justice to leave empty vessels poisoned with wrongdoing”.
“I am unable to understand what Dzulkifli meant by that but if there are such ‘termites of evil’ to his knowledge, then he must act now to exterminate them before the entire house falls down.”
Dzulkifli’s controversial speech was made on the occasion of his 100th day in service but Ramkarpal said it was “a lot of thunder but no rain”.
In an apparent reference to politicians and community leaders, Dzulkilfi was reported as saying that those “still drunk and drowning in graft, heed this warning. For the last time, stop this betrayal of corruption and abuse of power”.
“Surrender. Stop foolishly beating your chest, lest you risk your life and limbs and fall into tragedy.”
Ramkarpal said Dzulkifli should realise his words have far-reaching implications and consequences.
He said one could not be drunk unless one has indulged excessively in a particular vice, like graft.
“As such, Dzulkifli must have meant that he is in possession of or is at the very least, aware of overwhelming evidence implicating such individuals.”
Meanwhile, DAP Parliamentry Leader Lim Kit Siang has suggested that Dzulkilfli be referred to the Committee of Privileges as he had allegedly committed the offence of parliamentary contempt by besmirching the honour and dignity of individual MPs and the institution.
Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, in a statement earlier today, asked if Dzulkifli’s reference to “fables and fairy tales which hide the truth” was aimed at Prime Minister Najib Razak, who had maintained that RM2.6 billion (US681 million) in his bank accounts came from an Arab donor, with no strings attached.
Early this year, Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali had cleared Najib of all wrongdoings. Dzulkifli was said to be an officer in the Attorney-General’s Chambers who had gone through the investigation papers.