Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been staunchly in support of MACC chief Azam Baki amid a second scandal over shareholdings - and even passed the buck on whether the top graftbuster should be suspended.

This was not the case four years ago.

On Jan 12, 2022, Anwar, DAP’s Lim Guan Eng, Amanah’s Mohamad Sabu, and Upko’s Wilfred Mangius Tangau issued a joint statement calling for Azam and two others to be...