MACC chief expected to step down in August

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief is expected to step down from his position on Aug 1.

It is learnt chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed (pic) will be transferred but still remain as a civil servant.

A senior MACC official declined to comment on the matter, saying an announcement would be made on Thursday.

Abu Kassim, who will only be turning 56 in December, has served as chief commissioner since Jan 1 in 2010.

He began his career at the then Anti-Corruption Agency or ACA in 1984 as an investigation officer after graduating from Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Abu Kassim moved up the ranks to Planning and Policy Coordination Division director in 1999 and Perak ACA director in 2000.

He became the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy director in 2005 and was appointed the chief integrity officer at Amanah Raya Berhad.

He became ACA deputy director-general 1  in 2007 and was appointed MACC deputy chief commissioner.

In January, Abu Kassim said there was no pressure to quit or to be transferred out and that he would helm MACC as long as he was healthy.

A statement released by MACC in January stated that Abu Kassim’s tenure as chief commissioner would only end in 2018 and his compulsory retirement from civil service was in 2020.

He had said that he would not bow to any pressure and will quit on his own accord or due to health reasons.