Malaysian anti-graft chief returns to stock market after outcry


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian anti-corruption chief Tan Sri Azam Baki held millions of shares in a financial-services company, a corporate filing shows, the first public disclosure of a major stake in his name since an uproar over his shareholdings several years ago spurred protests calling for him to step down.

Azam, chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, or MACC, owned 17.7 million shares of Velocity Capital Partner Bhd., according to an annual filing by Velocity Capital to the Companies Commission of Malaysia on Feb. 3 last year.

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