“MACC had contacted Bahri Mohamad Zain and he denied making such a statement to the portal,” said the anti-graft agency in a statement this evening.

FMT was one of the portals that had published Bahri’s statement, written based on WhatsApp messages the former head of MACC’s Special Operations Division (SOD) sent to our reporter.

Attached, along with this article, are screen shots of the conversation.

“I’m not only disappointed, but I also felt like I had sinned against 30 million Malaysians when the SRC case could not be taken to court,” Bahri had told FMT earlier today.

MACC confirmed Bahri had tendered his resignation six months ago, in accordance with Public Service Department’s rules.

“Bahri, who held the position as the SOD’s director since June 16, 2014, ended his service effective Dec 30, 2016,” it said.

Bahri, 57, played a pivotal role in the investigation into SRC, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

He said a large sum of public money had been embezzled but no one had been brought to justice for it.

SRC was established in 2011 to explore international strategic investments in the energy field.

It was a subsidiary of the embattled state-owned 1MDB until it was moved under the purview of the finance ministry led by Najib.

Exactly a year ago, Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali cleared Najib of the SRC case and the RM2.6 billion which was found in the prime minister’s accounts.

Efforts by FMT to reach Bahri were unsuccessful.