KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Ministers may soon be required to include safeguards against corruption within their ministries as part of their key performance indicators (KPIs).
In a statement today, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) has proposed to the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption (JKKMAR) that ministers should undertake these five anti-corruption measures at their ministries as part of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP).
These five measures are:
Meanwhile, the government has also proposed to set up an anti-corruption task force comprising representatives from relevant agencies that will be headed by Permodalan Nasional Bhd chairperson Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.