KUALA LUMPUR, April 24, 2026 — DAP National Publicity Secretary Yeo Bee Yin today urged the Unity Government to respond to tomorrow’s “Tangkap Azam Baki” protest not with force, but with a concrete commitment to systemic reforms, including the immediate establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into alleged “corporate mafia” activities involving the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
In a strongly worded media statement issued in Kuala Lumpur, Yeo described the upcoming protest as “a clear signal that the public’s patience has worn thin,” adding that the demonstrators’ demands represent “a fundamental demand for accountability that is the bedrock of our democratic struggle.”
“The ‘corporate mafia’ issue is the elephant in the room that can no longer be ignored,” Yeo said. “If these claims are left unaddressed by anything less than an independent, high-level inquiry, we risk a ‘crisis of confidence’ in business and investor circles that no fiscal policy can fix.”
She pointed to serious allegations that MACC officers may have colluded with private interests to facilitate forced corporate takeovers, describing the claims as “a direct assault on our national integrity.”
The DAP has long insisted that enforcement agencies must not only be clean but “must be seen to be clean,” Yeo stressed. She reiterated the party’s longstanding call — first made by DAP Secretary-General Anthony Loke and National Chairman Gobind Singh Deo — for a full RCI to restore public trust and uphold the “whiter than white” standard expected of anti-corruption bodies.
Beyond the RCI, Yeo called on the government to expedite legislative amendments to the MACC Act 2009 to introduce robust institutional safeguards that would outlast any single administration. She proposed adopting key elements of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) model, including the establishment of four independent oversight committees composed of prominent citizens from the legal, business, and academic sectors:
- Advisory Committee on Corruption
- Operations Review Committee
- Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee
- Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations
Yeo also recommended the creation of an ICAC-style Complaints Committee to independently monitor and review all non-criminal complaints against the MACC or its officers.
In addition, she proposed that a Parliamentary Special Select Committee be given a role in the appointment and removal of the MACC Chief Commissioner, ensuring the agency head is accountable to Parliament rather than solely to the Executive.
“Tomorrow’s protest is a reminder that the ‘Malaysia Madani’ vision cannot coexist with an enforcement culture that is vulnerable to the abuse of power,” Yeo said. “We do not just need a change of faces; we need a change of law.”
She concluded by calling on the government to seize the moment and demonstrate its commitment to the reforms it had promised the rakyat.
“The Unity Government must respond to tomorrow’s protest not with force, but with a firm commitment to the systemic reforms we promised the people,” Yeo added.
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