First, let me bid farewell to the MACC boss Abu Kassim Mohamed who will relinquish his position on August 1. To me, he has done a great job at the anti-corruption body despite facing some unprecedented events like Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbani cases.
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Also, congratulating him on being appointed a vice-president to the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities, and as a member of the Board of Governance of the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Austria.
Such an recognition for a Malaysian!
And secondly, what the MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Mohd Shukri Abdull said, The culprit becomes hero, we become barua'.
I could sense the round of frustration, not only in Abu Kassim and Shukri but the rest of the MACC staff when it comes to carrying out their duties.
They have been the subject of criticism and mockery for things like 'going after the small fish and letting the big fish off the hook', 'not able to touch the politicians' or 'the too are corrupt'. Such labeling usually come from those discontented with the manner in which arrest and investigation were conducted on certain people.
In any profession, one can't run from such bad perception. The only thing that keeps them on the job is high spirit and strong determination to carry out their duty to the public.
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What Shukri said is right. Some sectors of the community would hail those nabbed and convicted of graft as 'heroes'. Why? Because of their hatred toward MACC and other enforcement agencies like the police, custom and the immigration.
We have to admit the fact the these people are non others the criminal themselves, the ones who trade hands for money, those involved in vice activities, drug dwellers and other crimes.
A country like Malaysia - where the index of corruption is damaging its image internationally - needs a strong anti-graft organisation to stamp out such activities. The public must have confidence and give full cooperation to them.
However, the MACC too must do some cleaning up, especially to its method in conducting investigation and arrest. I guess only the MACC, besides the police, has its own lock-up to keep suspects prior to investigation.
The anti-graft body also look at some of its procedure, including its SOP. As graft comes in many forms, some of it need to be defined further.
Let's see who takes over from Abu Kassim.
Such an recognition for a Malaysian!
And secondly, what the MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Mohd Shukri Abdull said, The culprit becomes hero, we become barua'.
I could sense the round of frustration, not only in Abu Kassim and Shukri but the rest of the MACC staff when it comes to carrying out their duties.
They have been the subject of criticism and mockery for things like 'going after the small fish and letting the big fish off the hook', 'not able to touch the politicians' or 'the too are corrupt'. Such labeling usually come from those discontented with the manner in which arrest and investigation were conducted on certain people.
In any profession, one can't run from such bad perception. The only thing that keeps them on the job is high spirit and strong determination to carry out their duty to the public.
What Shukri said is right. Some sectors of the community would hail those nabbed and convicted of graft as 'heroes'. Why? Because of their hatred toward MACC and other enforcement agencies like the police, custom and the immigration.
We have to admit the fact the these people are non others the criminal themselves, the ones who trade hands for money, those involved in vice activities, drug dwellers and other crimes.
A country like Malaysia - where the index of corruption is damaging its image internationally - needs a strong anti-graft organisation to stamp out such activities. The public must have confidence and give full cooperation to them.
However, the MACC too must do some cleaning up, especially to its method in conducting investigation and arrest. I guess only the MACC, besides the police, has its own lock-up to keep suspects prior to investigation.
The anti-graft body also look at some of its procedure, including its SOP. As graft comes in many forms, some of it need to be defined further.
Let's see who takes over from Abu Kassim.