Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low has denied rumours that he is planning to step down after allegedly failing to combat corruption.

Low was quoted as saying that he will not simply resign as his position represented Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's trust towards him, according to an Utusan Malaysia report today.

The rumours surfaced following the resignation of P Waythamoorthy from his posts as deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department and as senator, on Monday.

Waythamoorthy, who leads Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia, had joined the government post-GE13 following an agreement with the ruling coalition to carry out reforms in helping the Indian community.

However, Hindraf attributed Waythamoorthy's resignation to the government having dragged its feet on his proposed programmes.

Low - like Waythamoorthy - is not a party member, and was brought into the government after being appointed as senator.

The former Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president was tasked to be the de facto integrity minister for the government.

Following Waythamoorthy's resignation, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang ( left ) had urged Low to step down as well for supposedly failing to ensure integrity in the government.

Low had in November last year announced that a couple of planned reforms for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be tabled in the upcoming Parliament sitting.

Among the proposed reforms are to allow MACC to hire and fire its own staff - which is presently done under the Public Services Commission - and the elevation of the MACC chief to a position similar to a judge.

The next Parliament sitting is expected to convene in March.