Corruption In Malaysia

3.0 CONCLUSION

3.1 STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING CORRUPTION IN MALAYSIA

3.1.1 Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)

The first strategy for combating corruption in Malaysia is through the establishment of MACC on January 1, 2009 that plays their role in order to detect, investigate and avoid the acts of corruption, educate the public about corruption and to enlist their support to fight against corruption. This is very importance for the government agencies especially the MACC to take several initiatives such as inspecting the agencies’ procedures and systems, advising heads of government bodies on certain practices or procedures that have the capacity to provide opportunities for corrupt practices and inspecting the implementation of certain

This is because the enforcement agencies particularly the police force have been perceived or accused by many parties to be among the most corrupt institutions in the country. Therefore, the establishment of the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police (RCP) in 2004 by Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is to “change the mindset and values of members of the police force (PDRM) so as to improve their service and to adopt zero tolerance towards corruption”. The RCP identified that various forms of corruption were practiced in the police force and it made several recommendations to tackle the problem including launching joint operations with other enforcement agencies, establishing an Audit Management Committee and implementing job rotation and tenure limitation in departments prone to corruption. Besides, Dato’ Sri Najib Abdul Razak continued the drive against corruption in enforcement agencies after taking the premiership by included other key enforcement agencies in this agenda like the police force, immigration, customs, the MACC and the Road Transport Department to use more technology to reduce corruption. For example, the police force introduced an online reporting system in which public can report any criminal cases through the internet and get a copy of the report at any police stations as well as able to track the

This strategy can be achieved with the establishment of a Special Corruption Sessions Courts to speed up trial of corruption cases and to clear backlog cases. It means that, the judges in this court only handle corruption cases and they are trained with the proper application of the Whistleblower Protection Act. Moreover, there are 14 courts nationwide to handle this case such as in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Pahang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah and Sarawak to ensure that they can get the faster result as before this the trial of corruption cases normally takes longer time than other cases when it involves a lot of witnesses and documentary evidences that require to be examined by the courts and the parties prior to make a