The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has admitted to seeking the services of Shah-Alam based company Miliserv Technologies, PKR's Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin revealed.
In November in Parliament, Sim had asked Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low, who represents MACC, whether it had ever sought out the company's services.
Low, according to Sim, had said that MACC will utilise "latest and suitable" technology from any company to combat increasingly complex corruption, including Miliserve.
"I congratulate Low for honestly admitting MACC has procured services from Miliserve," Sim said in a statement today.
This is following technology blogger Keith Rozario's claims in July last year that the Prime Minister's Department and MACC had procured spyware from Italian IT company The Hacking Team.
Rozario showed what purportedly were proofs of purchase between Miliserv, a 100- percent bumiputera firm registered under the Finance Ministry, and The Hacking Team in September 2013 and July 2014.
However, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Said Othman had denied that the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had procured such software.
"I have provided a written reply to the question, by explaining that the PMO had never procured such software.
"Once again I want to stress that no such procurement was made by the PMO," she reportedly said.
Further explanation should be obtained from the companies involved, she added.
After commending Low for his honesty, Sim questioned if the PMO would also show similar "courage and honesty".
"With more proofs coming out to confirm allegations from Rozario, it is important for the PMO to seriously answer whether it has bought spyware from The Hacking Team.
"If so, does PMO have the authority or power (under which laws) to use the spyware?" Sim asked.
Azalina also needs to answer allegations that Miliserv had "infected" political documents during the 13th general election, he said.
"Did a private company get involved in spying Malaysian citizens during GE13? If it is true, is it a threat to parliament democracy? Has the authority launched any investigation?" he asked. -Mkini
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