KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 ― An interfaith group wants Malaysians to put up a more active fight against the "cancerous” corruption afflicting the nation, just more than a month after a high-profile graft scandal in Sabah.

The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hindusim, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBHCST) deputy president Datuk R. S. Mohan Shah said the anti-corruption resolution was passed at the group's 34th annual general meeting (AGM) last night.

"And we have taken a position on corruption. It's the same decision for the last four years. We want corruption to be reduced in Malaysia, to be looked into very seriously,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted yesterday.

"Reason is because you see we can see a lot of corruption cases like what happened in Sabah and we see all religions object to corruption, so that's why we look at it very seriously,” he added.

Mohan was referring to the recent scandal related to the Sabah state water department involving alleged kickbacks from RM3.3 billion worth of contracts, where the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) made its biggest seizure in history with RM52 million in cash part of the confiscated assets.

According to the resolution that was passed last night, the interfaith group noted that the situation of corruption and crime in Malaysia had "deteriorated at an alarming rate”.

"MCCBCHST hereby resolves that it will continuously urge its faithful and all citizens who cherish a better quality of life to take a more active role in combating these cancerous trends,” it said.

"MCCBCHST further resolves that it will urge the government in power to show more visible and tangible results in these areas so that every citizen can confidently say that we have a living environment that is visibly free from crime and corruption in this nation of ours - Malaysia,” it added.

The resolution adopted last night is virtually identical in wording to the resolution passed in September 2012 by the MCCBCHST at its 30th AGM, where it had then noted places of worship had become targets for attacks.

The MCCBCHST had last night discussed internal matters such as the group's activities and also religious issues in Malaysia, but Mohan confirmed that no resolution was passed on religious matters which he said has to be solved together amicably by all religious groups.