MINDEF Reaffirms Full Cooperation With MACC To Enhance Integrity, Governance

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has reaffirmed its commitment to providing full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in all investigations related to corruption cases currently being handled by the agency.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the commitment was in line with the principles of transparency, accountability and integrity to ensure that the nation’s defence institutions remain free from any unethical practices.

He said the matter was among those discussed during a courtesy call by MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on him at Wisma Pertahanan here today.

“The visit reflects a clear signal of the shared commitment between the ministry and the MACC in efforts to strengthen integrity and governance, in line with the need to reinforce public confidence in defence institutions.

“Both parties also exchanged views on areas for improvement in existing procurement procedures to enable more effective implementation and to ensure they are free from any risks, particularly corruption and abuse of power,” he said in a statement.

Elaborating further, Mohamed Khaled said the MACC also expressed its agreement to offer advisory services to help strengthen and improve procurement governance at MINDEF and the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF).

He stressed that the mutual understanding reached was crucial in fulfilling the ministry’s resolve to comprehensively combat corruption and abuse of power.

“This is an ongoing effort to restore the trust of the people and the nation in the MAF through clean governance practices,” he said.

-- BERNAMA