MACC chief drops defamation suit against whistleblower


PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) has withdrawn his defamation suit against whistleblower and Centre for Combating Cronyism and Corruption (C4) senior researcher K. Lalitha.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner had filed the suit against Lalitha in 2022 over a defamatory article published by the Independent News Service (INS) news agency portal related to a purchase of shares.

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