KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Let the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) do their investigation on procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
Despite dropping the bomb on the matter last week, Anwar now said this is no longer his business despite former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin insisting that the move had adhered to regulations.
“My statement was given based on what was furnished to me by the Health Ministry and Cabinet.
“Then let the investigation body investigate wherever it's true or not,” Anwar told reporters here after officiating the Housewife Social Security Scheme and MyFutureJobs 2023 Career Carnival.
On Wednesday, Khairy said the country's Covid-19 vaccine procurement received all the necessary approvals, which was subsequently confirmed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Khairy, who oversaw the implementation of the nationwide mass vaccination exercise during his last two stints in the Cabinet, also expressed confidence that there would be satisfactory answers for lawmakers when the matter was presented to the Dewan Rakyat.
In a post-Cabinet meeting press conference last week, Anwar said "irregularities” were discovered with the multi-billion-ringgit purchase of Covid-19 vaccines for the country, which will be presented in a White Paper from the Health Ministry at the parliamentary meeting starting next week.
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, two ministries were put in charge of Covid-19 pandemic-related matters as well as the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).
Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba was the health minister while Khairy was then the science, technology and innovation minister during the administration under Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin beginning March 2020.
Adham and Khairy then swapped their portfolio when Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob took over from Muhyiddin as prime minister in August 2021.
