“Azam agreed to meet me at 3pm. I will share our views and concerns,” said Anwar after an event in Permatang Pauh, Penang.

MACC has described as “unfounded and baseless” accusations by Pakatan Harapan (PH) that the commission was being used to pressure opposition MPs to get them to support Perikatan Nasional (PN).

PH had made the claim following several arrests and investigations launched against some opposition politicians.

It claimed this was the motive behind recent investigations against MPs such as Lim Guan Eng, Steven Choong, Larry Sng and Dr Xavier Jayakumar.

Choong, Sng and Xavier, the MPs for Tebrau, Julau and Kuala Langat respectively, recently quit PKR to support PN.

These defections were followed by claims from several other PKR MPs that they were approached with offers to defect and support the government.