Salary caps don’t remove power of top jobs, says anti-graft group

Free Malaysia Today

The C4 group says a suggestion to impose salary caps on heads of statutory bodies will not resolve corruption within the government agencies.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/posts/preview/?p=L2lZdG1kYnd4V1ljWTNLMWlna0ZOVm5qdnE4UjBYYUwzalpQdjZ1RnNHZz0=  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/08/19/hadkan-gaji-tak-hapus-kuasa-jawatan-tinggi-kata-kumpulan-antirasuah/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Corruption #SalaryCap #TopJobs #AntiGraft

Transcript

00:00An anti-graft watchdog says imposing salary caps on heads of federal statutory bodies,

00:08as suggested by Public Accounts Committee chairman Mas Ermiyati Samsuddin, will not

00:13effectively tackle corruption within these organizations.

00:17Pushpan Murugia, CEO of the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism, said salary caps

00:23could reduce the value of such positions for self-enrichment and limit political appointments

00:28and financing.

00:29However, he said these positions will remain attractive due to the control over financial

00:35decisions and potential for lobbying for government contracts that can benefit politicians or

00:40their families.

00:42Murugia said more must be done to tackle corruption at its root, such as introducing a political

00:48financing law to transparently regulate the income and expenditure of all political parties.

00:54Meanwhile, anti-graft activist Edmund Terence Gomez said the committee should be more concerned

00:59about allegations of corruption surrounding federal statutory bodies rather than the salaries

01:04paid to CEOs and managing directors.

01:08On August 9, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called for stricter oversight by the Malaysian

01:12Anti-Corruption Commission and the Auditor General to prevent governance violations and

01:17corruption.

01:18He said the government is also considering expanding audit monitoring mechanisms across

01:23various levels of government.

Category

Transcript

Recommended