JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will lodge a police report over the leakage of confidential documents purportedly linked to a graft case still pending in court.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki said the documents which contained statements of a suspect had been leaked on social media.
"As the case is still in court, such a leakage will jeopardise the proceedings," he said in a statement.
Azam said MACC had discovered the leakage of the suspect’s recorded statement when an information on payment schedule associated with the case appeared on social media.
"It should be stressed that document leakage is prejudicial to the case which is still in trial," he said.
However, the statement did not specify which of MACC’s case the document was linked to but the commission had, early this year, prosecuted a graft case involving a former Johor exco.
The exco had tendered his resignation after being charged with 21 counts of money laundering amounting to RM35.78 million in connection with the Johor land scandal that broke out in March this year.