PUTRAJAYA, Sept 4 — Critics who claimed that Malaysia is facing a major corruption crisis are just airing their views and may not have the full facts at hand, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) deputy commissioner Datuk Mustafar Ali said today.
Mustafar insisted that the country is not facing such a crisis, stressing that graft happens the world over.
“It’s not that corruption is a major crisis in Malaysia, that is not true,” he told journalists on the sidelines of the International Anti Corruption Conference (IACC) here.
“That is their perception or their views, when they raise their concerns, perhaps they don’t have the facts,” he added, while noting that the remark on the severity of corruption in the country was made in reference to a certain “individual’s” case.
Mustafar said Malaysia is working hard to combat graft, citing its hosting of the 16th IACC as proof of the country’s commitment to ensure the “menace of corruption” is tackled efficiently through sharing of experiences.
“Yes, we do recognise there are corruption happening in any part of the world including Malaysia, but we are very serious in terms of combating it, we are very serious about looking at the measures,” he said.
