PUTRAJAYA, May 7 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has no intention to summon Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for questioning about his assets despite ongoing investigations.

The MACC had in January ordered the former two-time prime minister's two businessmen sons, Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir and Mirzan Mahathir, to declare their wealth accumulated over the years from when their father was in office.

"We do not have the intention to detain him as yet. Investigations are ongoing," MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki told reporters after attending the launch of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy here today.

Mokhzani and Mirzan issued a joint statement last month saying that the MACC order was only for them to help it inve...