PUTRAJAYA, Dec 2 — Cases of wrongdoing involving civil servants fell to 49 cases in 2014 compared to the 100 cases investigated the year before, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa said today.
The Chief Secretary to the Government credited the decline to action taken over issues highlighted in the triennial Auditor-General’s Report series.
“I believe this is due to the proactive and stern actions taken by the government as well as the competency improvement programmes that were executed accordingly,” he said during a town hall session to discuss the final series of the 2014 Auditor-General’s Report here.
“I wish to stress that although the number of cases have dropped, the government will continue to take strict action against those found guilty for wrongdoings, he said.
Following the issues highlighted in the 2014 Auditor-General’s Report, Ali said disciplinary proceedings were taken against 16 officers, whereby nine were demoted by the government disciplinary board with one officer considered for sacking or demotion.
He added that punitive measures are also being considered for six other officers found to have been involved in wrongdoings, but did not specify the exact cases or misconduct.
In the Auditor-General’s Report 2013, one civil servant was dismissed with three others being slapped with salary reductions.
The Board also imposed a deferment of salary movement (13 officials), fines (7), fines and surcharge (2), warnings and deferment of salary movement (1), warnings and fines (2), warnings and surcharges (9), warnings (65) and surcharges (29).
