MACC opened 1,296 investigations on politicians, civil servants since 2018
The MACC had opened 1,296 investigation papers against politicians and civil servants from 2018 up until June this year.
De Facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan said from these papers, 218 indictments were made...
The MACC had opened 1,296 investigation papers against politicians and civil servants from 2018 up until June this year.
De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan said from these papers, 218 indictments were made.
In a written parliamentary reply yesterday, he said that the investigation papers and indictments were based on 6,237 reports lodged with the graft buster.
However, he said, not all reports met the criteria for a corruption probe.
"Investigation papers were opened based on quality information which had elements of corruption, abuse of power and misappropriation," he added.
Takiyuddin was responding to a query from Tan Yee Kew (Harapan-Wangsa Maju).
Yesterday, the MACC scored its biggest win yet when former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was found guilty on seven charges of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering.
Najib was sentenced to a 12-year consecutive jail term and fined RM210 million. However, the execution of his sentence was stayed pending an appeal.
Meanwhile, in a separate written reply, Takiyuddin (above) said the government was open to reviewing options to replace the first-past-the-post electoral system.
He said the Election Commission, electoral reform committee and Prime Minister's Department were reviewing alternatives such as proportional representation and mixed representation.
It was previously reported that the reform committee had also proposed a party-list system, which would eliminate the problem of party hopping.
Such an idea had been supported by Pakatan Harapan and also the likes of Padang Rengas MP Nazri Abdul Aziz.
Separately, Takiyuddin said that the Parliament Services Bill, which would allow Parliament to hire and manage its own staff, was ready.
The government was reviewing and fine-tuning the bill to set up a Parliament services commission, he added.
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