KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 5,983 public officers were investigated for corruption between 2005 and 2011. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong told Parliament that 816 of the officers were charged in court, of whom 324 were convicted, while other given a discharged not amounting to acquittal (69) and found not guilty (298).
Twenty cases were withdrawn, while 105 other cases were still going through trial or appeal process, he said in reply to Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong).
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