‘Support letter not an order’

Championing integrity: Shamshun Baharin speaking on the sideline of the anti-corruption forum. Also present is International Strategy Institute chairman Cheah Chyuan Yong. — MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: While it is not wrong for ministers or politicians to issue support letters, civil servants should not treat these letters as a directive that they must follow, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Shamsun Baharin Mohd Jamil said a support letter was not an order and that there was a guideline in the civil service which government officers could refer to when dealing with support letters.