Azam Baki steps down as MACC chief, leaving Malaysia’s PM Anwar to face the fallout

On his last morning in charge of Malaysia’s anti-corruption watchdog, Azam Baki did what he had always done – talked tough and walked away on his own terms.But the man who spent the past six years making the country’s powerful sweat left behind a question he never satisfactorily answered: what do you do when the anti-corruption chief becomes the story?Analysts say Azam’s exit puts Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who stood by him throughout, in a difficult position ahead of the next general election, due by 2028.It doesn’t look good because of the timingAzam stepped down as head of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Tuesday, his 63rd birthday, handing over to former High Court judge Abdul Halim Aman.