MACC officer apologises to Muhyiddin’s lawyer over police report

A prosecution witness in Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial has apologised to the former prime minister’s lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad, in the High Court for lodging a police report against him yesterday.

The report was filed after Amer yesterday produced the transcript of a recorded conversation with former Segambut Bersatu deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad, which Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Mazery Zaini, 42, claimed was classified.

In apologising to Amer and the defence, Mazery told the court that he asked another officer to lodge the report over concerns that the document might have been leaked by MACC officers.

“We don’t want important documents to be simply leaked. I had no intention of tarnishing the defence team’s image. What I did was to protect the image of my department,” he said.

Amer, however, said the report was an attempt to tarnish his reputation and intimidate him.

“The conduct of lodging this report and mentioning my name, trying to tarnish my reputation and giving false information that the report or the document has nothing to do with (Muhyiddin’s) case, was an attempt to mislead the public and the authorities, and a form of intimidation.

“I will not exclude the possibility of lodging a report against the appropriate person, including the investigating officer, for making a false report, contempt of court and any other legal action,” he said.

Amer said the defence obtained the document from the legal team representing Adam Radlan and would not have used improper channels to obtain it.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed Justice Noor Ruwena Nurdin that the police report would be retracted later today after the court hears explanations from both parties.