It further called for the setting-up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry where its terms of reference would be to answer key questions on the 1MDB project including the transfer and reinstatement of the two MACC officers.
Giat further said that the action of the authorities on the MACC had further eroded public trust on MACC being able to conduct investigations in an independent manner, without fear or favour.
“There must also not be any future action by authorities that can be seen as threats or intimidation on the investigators,” the coalition said in a joint statement.
Giat comprises of NGO's Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism, Sinar Project, Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs, Transparency International Malaysia and Friends of Kota Damansara.
It was reported on July 26, that MACC DPP Ahmad Sazalee Abdul Khair was the first to be picked up by the police in its investigations under Section 124B of alleged activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy, and the DPP was kept overnight in the lock-up.
Subsequently, six other officers including special operations division director Bahri Mohamad Zin, and officers from his department were called up. They had their office and home ransacked where police taking laptops and also documents.
The probe follows the leak of an alleged charge sheet against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and another businessperson, by the Sarawak Report.
However Bahri denied the leak was from them.
Giat called for an immediate stop of activities that may obstruct the institution's competency and capability to conduct investigations.
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