I WAS taken by surprise with MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki’s remarks that there must be grounds to investigate the wealth of political leaders before a formal probe is initiated, “Azam: We need valid reasons to probe wealth of political leaders” (The Star, Aug 9).
As he acknowledged, there are many wealthy people but that does not mean they got their wealth through corruption or abuse of power. Furthermore, there is no law in our country to prevent people from getting rich.
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