A group of anti-corruption crusaders have completed 150km - out of their 240 km journey - to highlight a corruption case said to involve a high-ranking Pahang state official.

Dubbed the 'anti-corruption walk', it started on Sunday at the Gombak highway toll in Kuala Lumpur. The team is expected to reach the Kuantan police station on Thursday where they will proceed to lodge a police report against the official.

The eight-member team, aged between 38 and 67, was led by Kuantan-based timber businessman Lee Sin. Two women were also in the team.

Contacted by malaysiakini this afternoon, Lee said his team has reached Maran - a town about 80km away from Kuantan.

"Four of them were unable to continue the journey as their feet were swollen due to their worn-out shoes and the blistering heat," he said. They have walked some 50km a day

Public awareness

Lee said the walk is aimed at attracting public attention to the case against the Pahang official as well as raise their awareness towards anti-corruption.

However, he declined to divulge the name the official until he lodges the police report on Thursday.

"We displayed our banners whenever we stopped for breaks, and passing motorists honked to express their support," he added.

The walk naturally attracted the attention of the police too.

"I was stopped by a police car when I was at the Karak highway toll yesterday, the plaincloth policeman took my photo and asked me what I was doing. I told him the purpose of the walk and the police said 'very good, very good'," the businessman recalled.

He also claimed that special branch officers followed them to the restaurant and hotel when they stopped over at Mentakab last night.

"There may be people who will perceive our anti-corruption walk as something funny but this is a very serious thing. If I do not possess any documents or proof that can back my allegation against the Pahang official, I could be jailed."

Logging scandal

Lee said he was inspired to launch the walk after the King said in his birthday's speech early this month that the fight against corruption should have no regard for rank or public status..

"A government leader who is corrupt must be punished, especially in this case as the documents I have will prove that there is corruption and abuse of power committed by the high-ranking official in Pahang," he stressed.

On January this year, Lee, who is also logging company Seruan Gemilang Makmur (SGM) Sdn Bhd director lodged a police report against Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob to counter the latter's denial that he was involved in a logging scandal involving the state Umno.

SGM had alleged Adnan for abusing powers in the approval of a multi-million timber concession to the state Umno in 2000 but the menteri besar denied this and later also lodged a police report.