KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 3,630 civil servants, personnel from private and government-linked companies, and politicians were convicted of various offences by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) between 2020 and September this year.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said of the total, 1,945 were arrested for receiving bribes, 384 for giving bribes, 341 for abuse of power, 720 for false claims, 44 for money laundering, and 196 for other offences.
She said that among members of the public, there were 1,705 arrests, including 888 for receiving bribes, 348 for giving bribes, 909 for false claims, 129 for abuse of power, 65 for money laundering, and 166 for various other offences.
In total, she said, the MACC received 36,937 reports, covering both corruption-related and non-corruption-related offences.
“For non-corruption-related reports, action was taken through the opening of Governance Investigation Papers by the MACC, and these cases were referred to the relevant departments and enforcement agencies for further action. Corruption-related reports, however, were subjected to operational action.
“Of the corruption-related reports, 5,500 Investigation Papers were opened, while the remaining cases were handled through other measures, such as intelligence operations, preliminary investigations, and other operational actions,” she said in a written parliamentary reply.
During the same period, the MACC conducted a total of 6,135 arrests, resulting in 2,604 charges and 1,321 convictions.
She was responding to queries from Tan Kar Hing (PH-Gopeng) on the effectiveness of the MACC in combating corruption.
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