Azam Baki steps down as MACC chief, leaving Malaysia’s PM Anwar to face the fallout

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Azam Baki has resigned from his position as head of Malaysia’s anti-corruption body, leaving Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to navigate the implications of this unexpected departure. Analysts suggest that this situation may complicate political dynamics ahead of upcoming elections.

On his last morning in charge of Malaysia’s anti-corruption watchdog, Azam Baki did what he had always done – talked tough and walked away on his own terms. But the man who spent the past six years making the country’s powerful sweat left behind a question he never satisfactorily answered: what do you do when the anti-corruption chief becomes the story? Analysts say Azam’s exit puts Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who stood by him throughout, in a difficult position ahead of the next general...