The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has urged the government to be mindful of leakages and system abuse in the distribution of all government aid.

MACC chief Abu Kassim Mohamed said that all financial aid packages including BR1M and 1AZAM should be assessed again to ensure that the implementation is fool-proof.

“The policy to help the people has no weaknesses but the problem comes at the implementation stage. If the system is not tightly watched, there is the risk of leakages during this stage,” Sinar Harian quoted Abu Kassim as saying in Shah Alam.

He added this could also be due to unqualified applicants who take advantage of the system’s weaknesses.

Abu Kassim said MACC was prepared to advise and help the Finance Ministry plug these weaknesses.

Last month, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah told Bernama that a total of 6.48 million individuals have received the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) this year, involving an allocation of RM3.37 billion.

More than half of them received the monies through direct transfer into their bank accounts. Ahmad Husni said 69 cases of fraud or abuse of BR1M vouchers had been detected three weeks after the distribution of BR1M.