MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad said the action against the three individuals was conducted professionally in line with the efforts of the commission to rid the country of corruption.

“We stress that the arrest of the individuals is not related to politics.

“We are doing it professionally and it is not due to politics as the MACC has no time to be involved in politics,” he said when approached by reporters after opening an anti-corruption carnival and Kejar 2017 (2017 Anti-Corruption Expedition) in Teluk Ketapang here.

Also present was Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman.

Dzulkifli was commenting on the allegation by Subang MP R Sivarasa of PKR today that the detention of his three employees by the MACC yesterday was politically motivated.

Dzulkifli reminded all parties to give MACC the space and opportunity to carry out its investigations against those detained before defending them in the mass media.

“Please give us the opportunity to probe the case and after the investigations are completed and if they are not guilty, we will not take action. But if there is sufficient evidence, we will take action,” he said.

“We will not act indiscriminately regardless of whether the person is from the ruling party or opposition,” he said, adding that the MACC had also take action against individuals from the ruling party recently.