Spelling Out Life... with Corruption! - The Star Online

Tuesday April 27, 2010

Don’t tolerate corruption

PUTRAJAYA: Firm action should be taken against employees found to be involved in corrupt practices, said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.

Sidek, who headed the task force studying the 2008 Auditor-General’s Report, said some department heads preferred to give second chances to employees who were negligent or intentionally flouted regulations when handling public funds.

He was commenting on the findings in the report that department heads at the ministries were reluctant to act against errant staff because the offence involved matters “outside of their jurisdiction”.

Graft is out: Government officers from various agencies taking an oath to fight corruption at the launch of the MACC campaign in Putrajaya yesterday.

“Some corrupt civil servants are giving all of us a bad name, so why should we tolerate them,” he said at a press conference after launching the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Bringing Change Together: Combat Corruption campaign here yesterday.

In GEORGE TOWN, Penang MACC deputy director Mohd Noor Abd Rahman said the state commission, which arrested six people for graft from January 2009, was monitoring 20 people for allegedly offering bribes.

“We will move in once we have completed our investigations,” he said after launching the state MACC anti-corruption campaign in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.

In SHAH ALAM, Selangor MACC director Datuk Jaafar Mahad said only one out of 10 corruption cases was reported.

“People have the perception that it is fine to offer a bribe.

“Some feel that giving a bribe to civil servants will help to speed up an application,” he said when opening the state-level anti-corruption campaign at Dewan Annex.

In KOTA BARU, state MACC director Nasaruddin Mohd Nor said the commission was ready to resume investigations into a high-profile case involving Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and his son-in-law Abdul Ariffahmi Abdul Rahman following a directive from the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

In IPOH, Perak MACC director Nooraziah Abd Manaf said steps must be taken to fight the negative perception that the public had against civil servants.

:) Let's see how far can these people remain clean in the ministry. All the best k! :)