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Malaysia facing an integrity crisis, says TI-M chief
Transparency International Malaysia president Akhbar Satar says leadership by example is important to plug leakages in government bodies.
KUALA LUMPUR: Transparency International Malaysia president Akhbar Satar today said Malaysia was facing an “integrity crisis” following reports of money leaks in government bodies.
“When will Malaysia learn?” he said.
“There have been so many Auditor-General’s reports, but we never learn from them. We always go back to square one.”
Akhbar was responding to reports that leakages were still prevalent in ministries and government departments, with Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy chief commissioner (operations) Azam Baki saying this had caused one ministry to lose almost 40% of its funds.
“This is important enough for the heads of departments and directors to monitor, because leakages and weaknesses like this need to be rectified,” Akhbar said at the launch of Transparency International’s Business Integrity Country Agenda here.
Adding that integrity was key to any operation, he said leaders played a huge role in determining the level of integrity in their departments.
“You have to take care of your subordinates. You yourself must set a good example. If you don’t have integrity, I don’t think your cabinet will follow you.
“So leadership by example is very important. Make sure that there are no more leakages.”
Akhbar said many loopholes were present during procurement processes, adding that this was where most of the money from corrupt practices was made.
“Procurement is where you can make a lot of money. Politicians or senior government officials see this as a goldmine for making easy money.
“Unfortunately, we can’t even have an oversight committee like they do overseas, as in Malaysia, a ‘yes man’ will be out there, which would be a total waste of time and money.”
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