Hasnal Rezua Merican, who spoke on behalf of Latif’s legal team, said they had nothing to hide, following a police report by the anti-graft commission after the investigation papers were published by a blog this week.

“We welcome the police and MACC to investigate all those involved to find out where the leak originated from,” Hasnal told FMT.

But he denied that Latif, who was the housing and local government exco, had anything to do with the leak.

Some 140 pages were uploaded by a blog, containing answers given by Latif to MACC, following his arrest earlier this year.

Latif, 51, had claimed trial to 33 corruption charges involving over RM30 million.

He was accused of conspiring with a real estate agent to accept bribes to obtain approval for the release of Bumiputera-reserved housing lots to the public, and for a discount in the contribution amount to the Johor state housing fund for the Eco Botanic Project in Pulai.

A panel lawyer with MACC today urged police to investigate the leak, saying the commission had not made the documents available to anyone other than defence lawyers, as required by law.

Selva Mookiah said the leak undermined the investigation process, and that it contained allegations yet to be proven in court.