BACHOK, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- A total of 568 arrests involving public officers for corruption offences were recorded in 2024, the highest on record, raising concerns regarding the level of integrity within the country’s public administration machinery.
General : 568 Public Officers Arrested For Graft In 2024, Raising Integrity Concerns - PSD DG
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- Public Service Department (PSD) director-general Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said the statistics showed that integrity crisis was among the structural constraints that needed to be addressed in efforts to strengthen the public service.
- “This was due to inconsistent enforcement of laws, weaknesses in procurement procedures, and the continued existence of a ‘backdoor’ mentality and ‘Little Napoleon’ practices for personal gain,” he said at the Adjunct Professor Inaugural Lecture at Dewan Tuanku Canselor Universiti Malaysia Kelantan here today.
- Wan Ahmad Dahlan said integrity issues were among the three main constraints currently affecting Malaysia’s public administration machinery, besides resistance to change, a silo mentality and systemic weaknesses.
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