November 24, 2011
KUALA
LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Revenue from customs rose dramatically after a
high-profile raid on the Customs Department earlier this year by the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Special Committee on
Anti-Corruption said today.
“We’ve been informed by the MACC that customs collection has gone up
sharply since its operation against the Customs Department,” committee
member Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan told reporters in the Parliament lobby.
The Kota Belud MP, however, did not provide any figures.
He added that the Customs raid was an example of how money spent on
the MACC would bring “far greater” returns to government coffers by
curbing abuse of power and eliminating leakages.
Earlier today, the committee briefed the prime minister on the
recommendations outlined in its annual report, including a request for
more funding and manpower.
Abdul Rahman (picture) said the panel had also
suggested improvements to security at the anti-graft agency’s offices
after two witnesses died on MACC premises in as many years.
They include Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamad, a senior Customs officer who fell to his death at MACC’s Kuala Lumpur office in April.
Assistant director Sarbaini was a witness in the high-profile raid on the Customs Department carried out a month before by MACC.
A coroner’s inquest later ruled his death an accident, after ruling out suicide and foul play.
The verdict was rejected by Sarbaini’s family, who have called on
Putrajaya to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into his
death.
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