IPOH: Up to RM5bil in assets and funds have been recovered from corruption cases in the past one year, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister said these were recovered from cases involving ministries, government agencies and politicians.
"There are taunts and criticisms towards the government's hard stance on fighting corruption.
"Over the past one year, we have recovered RM4bil to RM5bil in assets and funds seized from corruption cases, across ministries, departments, Immigration, Customs and even politicians," he said in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ipoh Sentral project near the Ipoh Railway Station here on Saturday (Aug 16).
"This was due to our willingness to take action to clean up governance," he added.
Separately, Anwar also called on developers of mega development projects to have unique buildings that are suitable with Malaysia's environment, current needs and culture.
He said designs should not just be copied from other countries and to take into consideration its suitability in the local environment.
"We see in Washington DC, there are impressive buildings but it is culturally barren.
"As we progress, we often ciplak (copy) ideas from others but these can feel foreign," he said, adding that weather and culture could be aspects to be considered into the design.
"We need special landmarks with cultural vibrancy, modern and are different from the usual scenes of a concrete jungle in a major city that we can be proud of," he added.
He said that developments and projects must also benefit the people.
"They need to be able to fulfil the current needs of the people," he added.
