SHAH ALAM, Mar 2 – Selangor State Executive Council (Exco) Member, Teresa Kok, has described Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Commissioner, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan’s public statement on the investigations against Dato’ Menteri Besar was an attempt to start a ‘trial by media’.

Teresa who was also State Assemblywoman for Kinrara and Seputeh Member of Parliament said she was distressed by the unethical conduct in respect of the ongoing corruption investigations on Selangor Menteri  Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid.

Teresa said in a statement today that such conduct raised public perceptions that the MACC practises double standards.

She added, the donation of cows by subsidiary companies of the Selangor state government to the Bandar Tun Razak constituency were part of the companies’ corporate social responsibilities and did not involve the expenditure of state government funds.

It was also a a noble and charitable exercise, she said.

Teresa said, the Dato’ Menteri Besar also chose to use his personal car for official duties  had in fact resulted in cost savings to the state.

She also hoped that the MACC take more strident action on the many reports alleging impropriety in the conduct of a previous Menteri Besar.

“Only then will the public believe that the MACC is indeed independent and acts fairly without fear or favour,” she said.

She said the state government was presently looking into some apparent accounting and financial irregularities in certain state subsidiaries.

Teresa hoped to see the MACC investigate these complaints if reports are made in due course, with the same zealousness that was seen in investigating Tan Sri Khalid.