
Lawyers for Lee Pei Rie, the wife of Albert Tei, are demanding the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) release the raw closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of its raid on the controversial businessman’s home on Friday.
In a statement, lawyers Rajesh Nagarajan and Sachpreetraj Singh Sohanpal, said the footage would offer the “definitive truth” to whether MACC’s officers had brandished a gun during the raid.
Lee had previously claimed that MACC officers had pointed a gun at Tei before handcuffing him, an allegation which the agency’s chief commissioner Azam Baki denied.
Azam had insisted the raid was conducted according to standard operating procedures.
Rajesh and Sachpreetraj said the recording was “critically relevant” to establish MACC’s conduct during the raid.
“The CCTV…