Meet the press: Azam briefing the media. With him are MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman (left) and national governance planning division senior director Datuk Idris Zaharudin. —AZHAR MAHFOF/ The Star
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers will soon take on the role of heads of integrity units across all ministries, says Tan Sri Azam Baki.
The MACC Chief Commissioner said the deployment of these officers would be carried out in stages.
He said the proposal had been approved during a recent meeting of the Governance Committee chaired by the Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar.
“This initiative aims to address the challenges faced by ministries in managing governance issues.
“MACC officers assigned to ministries will be recognised integrity officers with the relevant certifications” he said during a press conference at the MACC headquarters yesterday.
Meanwhile, Azam said 62 local authorities have already established integrity units and another 84 have appointed integrity liaison officers.
He said the MACC had opened 107 investigation papers on governance investigations last year, with 69 recommendations for improvements submitted to the relevant parties.
Azam also launched the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) Dashboard, designed to allow the public to monitor the progress of each sub-strategy under the responsibility of all 19 lead agencies involved in NACS.
“This dashboard enables the public to track completed sub-strategies under NACS, providing summaries and insights into their effectiveness, whether through research findings, policies, or legal aspects”, Azam added.
Currently, most ministries have an Integrity Unit under the Prime Minister’s Department’s Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre framework.
These units promote integrity, prevent corruption, and handle misconduct within their respective ministries.
Civil servants typically lead these existing units from within the ministries themselves.
