467 civil servants arrested for graft last year
Published on: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: A total of 467 civil servants were arrested for various corruption offences throughout last year, according to the arrest statistics posted on the official portal of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).It said of the total, 349 were from the support group, 109 from the management and professional group, and nine from the top management group.ADVERTISEMENT
The number is a decrease from the 525 civil servants arrested for the offences in 2019.
Prior to this, MCC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said the involvement of civil servants in corruption offences was worrying and that the issue of integrity and abuse of power should not be viewed lightly but rather to be given serious attention as efforts to overcome negative organisational culture should be done internally.
As such, Azam also called on all civil servants to work closely with the MACC to address the issue by being the agency’s informer or whistleblower in exposing matters related to corruption and abuse of power in their respective departments or agencies.
Meanwhile, the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali today reminded 1.6 million civil servants that stern action will be taken against them if they violate the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the Movement Control Order (MCO).ADVERTISEMENT
He said legal action decided by the government applies to everyone found violating the SOPs including civil servants.
“If they violate the (MCO) procedures they will be punished. Hence, a reminder to civil servants, if they are not ready to be prosecuted, then they must comply with the MCO SOPs set,” he said.
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Speaking to Bernama in an exclusive interview at his office in Putrajaya recently, Mohd Zuki stressed that every decision made and implemented by the government is to break the chain of transmission of the Covid-19 pandemic following the increasing number of positive cases recently.
Previously, Congress of the Union of Employees in the Public Service (Cuepacs) president Adnan Mat was reported to have said that civil servants and government retirees were at risk of losing their privileges if found guilty of violating the MCO.
Adnan also said that no individual can escape legal action, including civil servants and government retirees.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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MCO is currently being enforced in seven states, namely, Penang, Selangor, the Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan), Melaka, Johor, Sabah and Kelantan until Jan 26.
However, in Sarawak, the implementation of MCO, from Jan 16 to 29, only involves three districts in the Sibu division, namely, Sibu, Selangau and Kanowit.