Which is better - DEAD or HURT, MACC chief? If you only knew the answer...

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- During his 33 years of service in fighting corruption and bribery, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan regards the July incident as the most significant of his career.

The MACC Chief whose term ends tomorrow, said the death of Teoh Boon Hock, special officer to a Selangor Executive Councillor, on the fifth floor corridor at the Plaza Masalam building in Shah Alam after being questioned by MACC officers, cast a deep impact and had hurt his feelings the most when MACC officers were belittled, threatened, and humiliated following the incident.

Although deep inside, he did not want to talk about it since the incident has become cliche, however it was undeniable that the incident had damaged the performance and image of the commission.

"They may have forgotten that we have feelings and we were merely carrying out our duties. Let it be, someday the truth will come out," he said at his farewell here on Thursday.

Ahmad Said urged all MACC members to look at the bright side of the incident and not point fingers or back stab each other.

"I hope all MACC members would still maintain high morality in facing the challenges," he said after delivering the duty hand-over note to his successor Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed.

He hoped his successor would be able to enhance the image of MACC and thus elevate the image of the nation in the bribery perception index ranking.

Ahmad Said started his career with MACC which was formerly known as the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) on July 1, 1975 as a Senior Superintendent at the ACA headquarters and in November 1998 he was appointed as Deputy Director-General 1 and in May 2007 was appointed director-general (currently known as Chief Commissioner) until his retirement.

He also received a certificate of appreciation signed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak as an appreciation of his contribution to the commission.

-- BERNAMA

If Ahmad Said only knew, the only way NOT to feel HURT is to be DEAD. For as long as one is ALIVE, he will FEEL hurt. Live SHORTER and SPARE yourself the hurt.