Civil servants top list of arrests for accepting bribes in last 10 years
Civil servants made up the bulk of those arrested for accepting bribes between 2015 and June this year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Citing statistics provided by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said said 2,965 civil servants had been detained for accepting bribes over the past decade.
In comparison, 1,101 people from the private sector were detained for the same offence, followed by members of the public (680), employees from GLCs (119) and politicians (31).
Azalina, however, said when it came to giving bribes, members of the public made up the highest number of arrests (1,061), followed by the private sector (511), GLCs (64), civil servants (47), and politicians (six).
She also said a majority of those arrested for giving and receiving bribes were aged…
