Ali: Sensitive post transfers curb graft


Good report: Dr Ali (second from right) with (from left) secretary-general of Treasury Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah,Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Mohamad Zabidi Zainal and Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang at the 2015 Auditor-General Report session with media in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: Periodic transfers of civil servants in sensitive posts have been effective in curbing corruption and abuses of power, says Chief Secretary to the Government.

Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa said based on figures from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the number of cases investigated involving public officers dropped from 195 in 2013 to 125 last year.

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