Public urged to do their part and not offer bribes

Police personnel from the Perak police contingent taking their Corruption Free Pledge held at the Royal Malaysian Police Airwing Training Base in Ipoh. - SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star

IPOH: The public has been urged to stop offering bribes to curb corruption among enforcement officers.

Perak Deputy CPO Deputy Comm Datuk Zainuddin Yaacob said the public and all uniformed units, including the police, must play their roles to ensure that the country heads towards zero-corruption status.

"We hope the people will stop offering bribes. Both acts of giving and receiving are offences," he told reporters after the state-level police contingent anti-corruption pledge at its air unit training centre here on Monday.

"The police are prepared and we also want the people to be with us," he added.

About 400 policemen were present during the ceremony.

Also present was state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) director Datuk Nooraziah Abdul Manaf.

In KOTA KINABALU, Sabah Police Deputy Comm Datuk Razarudin Husain said they were always vigilant for possible corruption involving their personnel.

He said he could not deny that it existed but said its Integrity and Standard Compliance Department were on the lookout for such incidences.

However, DCP Razarudin said there were no reports of border-based policemen accepting bribes in exchange for allowing foreigners to slip into the state.

He said there was also no evidence of marine police near Tawau involved in graft, as claimed in an Indonesian video clip widely circulated over social media earlier this year.

"If there was any evidence of wrongdoing by the personnel involved, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will take action.

"We will not compromise with any form of wrongdoing among our personnel," he added.

DCP Razarudin said this after leading more than 3,400 police personnel in taking the corruption free pledge at the Sabah police headquarters in Kepayan near here.

Among those present was Sabah MACC director Datuk Sazali Salbi.

He said the MACC would assist the police to tackle graft and any type of wrongdoing within the force.