MACC opened 1,105 files in over a year - Nazri

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) opened 1,105 investigation papers and brought 187 individuals to court from the time it was set up on Jan 1 last year to Feb 28 this year, the Dewan

Rakyat was told today.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz ( left ) said the MACC also submitted 268 reports to heads of department to take disciplinary action.

"Efforts were taken to garner the cooperation of the Chinese community to combat corruption, through dialogues and a discussion with the Federation of Chinese Associations of Malaysia or Hua Zhong on Feb 10, 2010.

"The discussions resulted in an agreement for the MACC to conduct discussions with affiliates of the federation in the states," he said when replying to a question from Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong) during question time in the House.

Tan had asked the prime minister to state the number of cases investigated by the MACC and the cases brought to court since it was set up.

Tan had also wanted to know the results of the efforts to get the cooperation of the public, such as Chinese organisations, and when the report of the inquiry into the death of MACC witness Teoh Beng Hock would be made public.

Nazri said the MACC had conducted aggressive campaigns and

advertisements in the Chinese language media to garner the community's cooperation and support in the fight against corruption.

He also said that the inquest into the death of Teoh was going on and asked Tan to wait for the court to make its decision.

Replying to a supplementary question, from Teng Boon Soon (BN-Tebrau), Nazri said the MACC had called up and advised one of its advisory panel members that it was wrong to openly comment on cases under investigation and reveal the names of the individuals under probe.

- Bernama