KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 -- Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki has dismissed allegations of criminal intimidation made by businessman Albert Tei as "baseless," urging the police to instead investigate the latter for lodging a false report.

In an interview with the New Straits Times, Azam questioned the businessman's claims and asserted that he had never dealt with Tei directly nor instructed any legal representative to do so.

"I have no idea what this fellow is talking about. I have never spoken to him directly.

"I have also never directed any lawyer representing me to deal with him directly," Azam told the daily.

Azam's rebuttal comes after the police confirmed they will be summoning t...