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PETALING JAYA: A new format for asset declarations by ministers and high-ranking civil servants is not enough and there should be an independent body or a specific law to govern this, say some anti-graft experts.

“We need a specific assets declaration law. If not, they (politicians) will just trample on this new format like what has been happening,” said Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) founder Cynthia Gabriel.

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