KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27 -- A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer has lodged a police complaint over a video clip alleging misconduct involving its chief Tan Sri Azam Baki.

The commission's Strategic Communications unit confirmed the complaint, saying it was filed to allow police to investigate claims made in the video, which features a businessman and a woman whose identity the authorities have not disclosed, The Star reported this afternoon.

Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said the report was lodged at the Putrajaya district police headquarters earlier today after the clip purportedly suggested that someone had approached Azam to seek leniency in an alleged bribery case linked to businessman Albert Tei.

"The report...