PUTRAJAYA, April 26 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is now focusing on bribe givers in its fight against corruption, says its deputy chief commissioner (Operations) Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull.
He said the MACC believed that without bribe givers, there would be no corruption involving public servants, especially enforcement officers.
“The public have always wondered why the MACC seems to be focusing on the bribe recipients... so now we will go all out against the bribe givers,” he said during a briefing for the media.
Mohd Shukri said the fight would be carried out through the “Together Making Change: Fight Corruption” campaign, which was launched by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan here today.
At the state level, it was also launched simultaneously nationwide.
The campaign is aimed at raising the integrity of public servants, improving the public service delivery system and image of enforcement agencies, instilling an attitude of rejecting corruption, and encouraging reporting of any bribe offer to the MACC.
“With this campaign, members of the public should be careful. Don’t try to bribe (policemen) as the MACC may be watching.”
He said without bribe givers, enforcement officers or those involved in approving tenders would not be inclined to solicit for bribes as they feared they could be arrested.
Mohd Shukri said until March this year, 142 arrests and 51 charges were made against the offenders under section 17(b) of the MACC Act 2009. Of the 142 offenders, 76 were public servants, 12 from the private sector while 54 were members of the public. — Bernama
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