Corruption level is concerning but ‘not yet a pandemic’: Malaysian top graft buster

Corruption in Malaysia is at a worrying level although the situation has yet to become a pandemic, its anti-graft chief said.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki was responding to a question during an interview with TVAlhijrah on Wednesday (Apr 14) on whether the increasing number of detentions and exposes indicated the severity of the corruption situation.

There have been several high-profile corruption cases recently. Last week, the MACC said it has crippled a “project tender cartel” that reportedly monopolized 354 tenders from several ministries and government agencies since 2014, involving projects worth RM3.8 billion (US$920 million).

Last month, MACC arrested a former bank president over an RM400 million loan for a non-existent project.