Anwar said the matter should then be handled transparently by the authorities.

“If there is a report, there will be an investigation, and there should be an explanation,” he told reporters after attending the Global Forum on Islamic Economics and Finance here today.

“It should be treated like any normal case that warrants an investigation.”

The prime minister was asked to comment on the concerns raised by various quarters on a possible conflict of interest in the Selangor government’s appointment of a company linked to the husband of youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh for a transit system.

Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti) was selected alongside Badanbas Coach for the demand-responsive transit (DRT) service to provide first- and last-mile public transport services within the state.

The company’s CEO is Ramachandran Muniandy, Yeoh’s husband.

However, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Azam Baki said the agency would not probe the matter as it was not an offence.

Yesterday, an anti-corruption group called on Anwar and Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari to intervene in the award of the project.

Asia Mobiliti had defended its involvement in the DRT service, saying only two companies in the country are qualified to provide the service it gives.

The company said an open tender in the appointment process for the Selangor Mobility programme, a “highly specialised new service”, would have created a monopoly in the state.

Selangor investment, trade and mobility committee chairman Ng Sze Han also defended the state government’s decision to select Asia Mobiliti to run the DRT system, alongside Badanbas Coach.