Paya Besar MP Mohd Shahar Appointed As JKMR Chairman
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), in a statement today, said that His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, had consented to the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister by the provisions in Section 14 of the MACC Act (Act 694).
The instrument of appointment was presented to Mohd Shahar by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and witnessed by MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki at the Parliament building, Kuala Lumpur today.
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