Malaysia Anti Corruption Act

Malaysian anti corruption commission act 2009 an act to provide for the establishment of the malaysian anti corruption commission to make further and better provisions for the prevention of corruption and for matters necessary thereto and connected therewith.

Malaysia anti corruption act. There are five independent bodies that monitor the macc to ensure its integrity and to protect citizen s rights. The malaysian anti corruption commission macc act was amended in 2018 to introduce corporate liability for corruption offences which applies to malaysian commercial organisations. Program pbt perangi pemberi rasuah cetus fenomena. 11 10 2020 kunjungan hormat ketua cawangan sprm langkawi kepa.

Malaysian anti corruption act 2009 macc act 2009 act 694. The introduction of section 17a will update the malaysian anti corruption commission macc act of 2009. 1 january 2009 enacted by the parliament of malaysia as follows. Kuala lumpur june 1 section 17a of the malaysian anti corruption commission macc act 2009 amendment 2018 which comes into force today will encourage business activities with good integrity and promote good corporate governance practices.

Of corporates have suffered fraud or economic crime up from 28 in 2016. The malaysian anti corruption commission abbreviated macc or sprm is a government agency in malaysia that investigates and prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors. Mohd azhar che mat dali was charged under section 16 a b of malaysian anti corruption commission act with soliciting rm5 million and receiving rm1 35 million in kickbacks from a company fehm. It is designed to push malaysian companies to take a risk based approach to compliance as they look at their internal policies and procedures for preventing corruption.

Soliciting receiving gratification bribe section 16 17 a macc act 2009 offering giving gratification bribe section 17 b macc act 2009 intending to deceive false claim section 18 macc act 2009. Empowering pbt through anti corruption agent perak local authority pbt are asked to take proactive ways to change people negative perceptions with. In essence under section 17a of the macc act 2009 amendment 2018 commercial organisations are also liable to punishment if their employees or associates are involved in crimes of corruption. The macc was modelled after top anti corruption agencies such as the independent commission against corruption of hong kong and the independent commission against corruption in new south wales australia.