“The priority is to make everything independent. Once we ensure that there is no interference and all are independent, then everyone should be on the right course,” he told reporters here today.

Last month, Rafizi had been quoted by the media as saying that Pakatan Harapan would go after Azam for alleged “political persecution” in raiding his company, Invoke Solutions Sdn Bhd.

He had alleged during a ceramah in Johor that the MACC raids on Invoke were done at the behest of Barisan Nasional to prevent him from making a parliamentary comeback through the general election.

Azam later denied that MACC had raided Invoke’s office, telling The Vibes that “we just came by with three or four officers, interviewed the staff and took some related financial documents and left”.

Rafizi, the PKR deputy president, drew backlash from Perikatan Nasional leaders such as then home minister Hamzah Zainudin and Bersatu deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu, as well as Cuepacs, who said it was unprofessional for politicians to attack civil servants.

Cuepacs president Adnan Mat said MACC had never revealed anything about the raids and that the public only found out after Rafizi had mentioned them.

He maintained that civil servants were impartial and carried out their duties lawfully and professionally.

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