There is a drop in the number of public servants involved in corruption since the past three years due to a higher level of integrity and awareness on the offences of bribery among them.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner Abu Kassim Mohamed said this was based on the number of arrests involving public servants in corruption cases between 2007 and 2009.
"In 2007, of the 591 people arrested for corruption, 303 of them or 51 percent were public servants and the number dropped to 282 people or 47 per cent in 2008 and 194 people of 39 per cent in 2009," he added.He said this in his speech at the launch of an anti-corruption campaign by Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin in Kuala Lumpur today.The text of Abu Kassim's speech was read by MACC deputy chief commissioner (Management and Professionalism) Zakaria Jaafar.
Abu Kassim said among the factors which contributed to the drop in the number of government employees in corruption were the awareness programme and activities carried out by MACC.
"With a higher level of awareness, the public servants themselves have come forward to lodge complain on offers for bribes, leading to the arrest of the bribe givers," he added.
He said that a total of 866 people were arrested between 2000 and 2010 for offering bribes to public servants.
Source : Bernama
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