Bersih deputy chairman Kelvin Lee, a spokesman for the secretariat, said it has decided to take to the streets again due to a lack of transparency on the investigations into the two issues.

Lee noted that the special committee formed to investigate the claims had yet to provide any updates a month after being formed.

He said the protest will be preceded by a state-level tour to encourage public participation.

On March 13, Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli urged the government to release the committee’s findings.

He said there had been speculation on what it had concluded from its probe, and that such rumours would continue swirling until the findings were made public.

On Feb 15, more than 150 protesters marched from the Sogo shopping mall to Dataran Merdeka calling for Azam’s resignation.

Bloomberg previously reported that Azam held 17.7 million shares in Velocity Capital Bhd, or 1.7%, based on the company’s annual return lodged on Feb 3 last year.

It also reported that his name still appeared in the company’s shareholder register maintained by the Companies Commission of Malaysia.

Azam is alleged to have breached a 2024 government circular limiting civil servants’ shareholdings in Malaysian-incorporated companies to no more than 5% of paid-up capital or RM100,000 in value, whichever is lower.

Azam has denied the allegations, saying he had declared the transaction and the shares had been disposed of last year.

He has since sued Bloomberg for defamation over the shareholding report, seeking RM100 million in general damages.