Monday, April 21, 2008

PM unveils ACA restructuring plan - The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: April 21, 2008 by Shahanaaz Habib

The Anti-Corruption Agency will be restructured into a full-fledged Malaysian Commission on Anti-Corruption, announced Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The Prime Minister said the commission would table its annual report to a parliamentary committee which will be set up.

The parliamentary committee on the prevention of corruption can seek further clarification and explanation from the anti-corruption commission on the content of the report.

Abdullah announced that over the next five years, the commission will be boosted with an additional 5,000 anti-corruption officers.

Abdullah also said the Government will introduce comprehensive protection for whistle-blowers and witnesses so that more people will come forward to report corruption.

He was speaking Monday at the Asean Integrity Dialogue 2008 at the Malaysian Institute of Integrity.

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