Allegations raised in a Bloomberg investigative report about possible collusion between certain MACC officers and a “corporate mafia” network have been circulating for weeks; claims the anti-corruption agency has firmly denied. What do these allegations reveal about the relationship between political power, regulatory power, and corporate power in Malaysia? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with political economist Prof Emeritus Dr Edmund Terence Gomez from Universiti Malaya, who has long researched the linkages between politics, policies, and enterprise. In 2021, he resigned from the MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel, citing concerns over how Chief Commissioner Azam Baki’s conflict of interest allegations were being handled.
