He said this was because the anti-graft agency is required to preserve the secrecy of information or investigations on any individual under Section 29(4) of the MACC Act.

“Therefore, any case that is still being investigated by MACC cannot be revealed to the public as an internal control measure to prevent any leakage or disclosure of information,” he said in his winding-up speech on the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP).

He was responding to Mohamad Sabu (PH-Kota Raja) who had urged for high-profile investigations conducted by MACC to be made public, during his debate on the 12MP.

Wan Junaidi also said the Federal Court’s chief registrar’s office is committed to setting up more special courts to deal with sexual crimes against children in ongoing and future court projects.

There are currently two such special courts, in Putrajaya, and in Kuching, Sarawak, with the former established in June 2017 and the latter in April 2018.

He said the Putrajaya court has resolved 57 cases and is managing 234 active cases, while the Kuching court has resolved 76 cases and is managing 164 ongoing matters.

“These special courts for sexual crimes against children are managed by senior sessions court judges who are experienced due to the complexity and difficulty in managing such cases.”

According to Wan Junaidi, there is at least one court in each state that is capable of handling these cases and have been fitted with special facilities to cater to child victims.

He said these courts, however, are not considered special courts as the judges managing these cases will also preside over other cases in the sessions court.

Previously, Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang) slammed Putrajaya for the delay in the setting up of special courts to deal with sexual crimes against children.

She said when she was the law minister under the Najib Razak administration, she had been in charge of the matter and the government had agreed to set up such courts in every state. “But until today, it is not done,” she added.