KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 -- Latheefa Koya has revealed today that there is a plot to defame her reputation as she continues her crackdown on corruption.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief revealed today that there are people trying to slander her because she had made public audio recordings of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in cohorts with government officials to hide traces of embezzlement involving sovereign fund 1 Malaysia Development Berhad.

Najib is currently facing a corruption trial for 1MDB.

"It has now come to my knowledge that in reaction to my disclosure on Jan 8, a criminal plot has been set in motion to fabricate and distribute materials intended to cast a slur upon my personal reputation.

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