It knows no boundaries, applies to the rich and poor individuals, organisations and countries, and it is as old as human history itself.
Corruption can include bribery, unlawful gifts and donations, extortion, nepotism, buying influence, favouritism, fraud, embezzlement and the like.
They are all forbidden on the basis they seek to distort the course of justice.
there is zero tolerance for bribery in Islam, and Islam rejects any idea that bribery serves as ‘the grease that oils the economic wheels’. There is no scope either for legalising corruption in the name of commission, gift, donation, advances, soft loan, loan write-offs and the like.
Caliph, Umar Al-Khattab, fought bribery and corruption of officials through expropriation of personal wealth accumulated during the tenure of office.
An interesting incident on this, recorded by Abu Yusuf, involved the two sons of the caliph Umar, Abdul Allah and Ubayd Allah, who accompanied an army contingent to Iraq.
Governor Abu Musa Al-Asharı, said: “Here’s money as advance to buy goods from Iraq and then sell them in Madinah. Give the capital to the caliph and keep the profit for yourselves.”
This was agreed and the caliph’s sons made a profit. But when handing over the capital to the caliph, the latter asked:
“Does he give similar advances to everyone in the army?” The answer to this was “No”, and the caliph asked them to pay both the capital and the profit.
A man said: “O Umar, perhaps you could treat this as an instance of mudarabah on the analysis that if they had made a loss they would have been accountable.”
The caliph agreed and asked his sons to deliver the capital and only half the profit to the Baitul Mal.
People were obviously very disgusted with the rampant corruption of the government, including the $USD4.5 billion corruption scandal involving the national sovereign wealth fund 1MDB., LCS 6Billion project paid but we never saw a boat, the Immigration head to tail personals took bribe to allow PATI and foreign workers enter Malaysia. All this act showed that they are very selfish people and don't care about the safety and security of the nation.
We thank the new MACC DG whose recently playing active roles fighting the corruption. The recent Immigration scandal not really a shock, because anyone with correct mind can figure out how the hell our foreign workers number keep increasing and non-document foreigner (PATI) in total almost 3million in Malaysia, The best part is, it;s is Minister family business.
November 17,2020
27 immigration officers among 46 held as MACC busts syndicate
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has crippled an immigration syndicate with the arrest of 46 people, including 27 Immigration Department officers, says a source in the know.
According to the source, the suspects were arrested in Putrajaya, Selangor, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak in a joint MACC and Immigration Department sting operation called “Ops Selat”.
Aside from the 27 immigration officers, 14 foreign worker agents and five members of the public acting as middlemen were arrested.
The syndicate, which has been active for the past year, operated out of the country’s main gateways including KLIA, klia2 and the Sultan Ismail Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine building (BIS).
three more Immigration officers including a deputy director stationed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) were detained by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The latest arrests brought the number of those detained in Ops Selat since Nov 16 to 53, including 33 Immigration officers stationed at KLIA, second terminal KLIA2 and at Johor Baru's CIQ complex at Bangunan Sultan Ismail.
The syndicate providing "stamping facilities" to foreign workers and illegal immigrants is believed to be involved in international human trafficking, particularly in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
This was discovered during investigations into the syndicate which found that foreign agents had been working with Immigration officers at KLIA and KLIA2 to help foreigners enter and leave Malaysia.
The syndicate, which has been in operation since 2017, is believed to have raked in RM14.5mil.
Intelligence revealed that the syndicate had provided their "flying passport" and "counter services" to at least 30,000 foreign workers and illegal immigrants.
MACC investigations director Datuk Norazlan Mohd Razali confirmed the arrests, saying that the suspects were being investigated under the MACC Act and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act.
MACC's immigration blitz could improve country's Corruption Perception Index
"there had been more cases of government officers working in government-linked companies (GLC) being involved in misappropriation in government procurements, thus resulting in the loss of millions of ringgit."
“Our responsibility is to ensure that these GLC officers adhere to good governance and improve their integrity in corporate governance.
Court discharges Ku Nan over RM1 million corruption case
Malaysian ex-PM Najib sentenced to 12 years in 1MDB corruption case
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in jail on corruption charges linked to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal that led to the downfall of his government two years ago.
THE EX-PRIME MINISTER WAS ALSO FINED ALMOST $50 MILLION AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON ALL SEVEN CHARGES IN THE FIRST OF SEVERAL TRIALS RELATED TO THE LOOTING OF THE 1MALAYSIA DEVELOPMENT BERHAD SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND.
The 67-year-old Malaysian politician said he would challenge the guilty verdict “as soon as possible” and that he had a “solid case” for his appeal.
A former political secretary to be charged for bribery
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be charging a former political secretary of a minister over a bribery case involving RM5 million that is linked to the tender of a ministry project.
“The suspect is believed to have assisted a contractor in securing a project from the ministry and received gratification from several individuals through several transactions
Tabung Haji’s RM9 Billion Shortfall (2017)
TH was “illegally” paying dividends and clearly falsified accounts to hide the losses it suffered, which was estimated to be at RM9 bil. What’s more, it was alleged that Barisan Nasional channeled money from the fund for political activities.
Pakatan Harapan absorbed the losses suffered by TH by injecting RM10 billion to the fund. As a result of a change in management and aid from Pakatan, TH is now thriving. The fund is even able to absorb new costs from the Saudi government meaning Malaysians will not need to pay the cost of the haj visa.
Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) (2008)
Skyrocketing development costs, double billing of contractors, and buying land for exaggerated prices, and when an audit was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services (PwC), it was found that through mismanagement and bad decisions, including deferred payments of interests, the total cost of PKFZ had gone up from RM1.9B to RM12.5B.
The final report released by PwC indicated a wide range of critique, everything from disregard to governmental procedure, excessive costs, lack of master planning, governance, to open tenders without competition.
Sabah Water Department (2015)
the Sabah state water corruption probe was considered to be the largest corruption scandal in Malaysia before 1MDB, with an estimated RM 114.5M confiscated by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC). MACC investigations were to have implicated top department officials in connection with the scandal, alleging that money was siphoned from RM3.3B worth of federal allocations for state rural water projects since 2010.
Case involving Sabah minister
Anthony was slapped with five money laundering charges amounting to RM8.75 million last month at the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court over a Risda land deal.
Another charge was filed against him for allegedly abetting a lawyer (Micheal Persius Ubu) in committing criminal breach of trust (CBT).
Ubu was charged with two counts of money laundering of more than RM3 million, as well as one CBT charge.
Musa Aman freed of all 46 corruption, money-laundering charges
Tan Sri Musa Aman was today acquitted and discharged of all 46 criminal charges linked to timber concessions contracts in the state.
This was after deputy public prosecutor Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid told the court that the prosecution is withdrawing all the corruption and money-laundering charges against the accused.
"The prosecution is withdrawing all charges in both (corruption and money-laundering) cases,"
Ex-Johor exco, two others freed of corruption charges
The Johor Bahru Sessions Court has acquitted Abd Latif Bandi and two others of 37 corruption and money laundering charges.
Also freed alongside the former Johor exco are his son Ahmad Fauzan Hatim and property consultant Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub.
Latif and the two others were slapped with corruption charges involving land costing more than RM30 million in 2017.
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) - Alcatel-Lucent SA (AL)
It was alleged that AL had paid bribes to employees of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), a GLC (government-linked corporation) to obtain confidential information relating to a public tender for a contract worth US$85 million that AL won. AL had paid US$200,000 and US$500,000 to two consultants but they “did not appear to render any legitimate services to Alcatel Malaysia in connection with these payments.
2 senior army officers slapped with additional bribery charges
Brigadier-General Mohammed Feizol Anuar Ayob, 50, and Lieutenant-Colonel Che Ahmad Idris, 54, and former director-general of the Defence Intelligence Division, Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Sheikh Moksin Hassan, 59, was charged with soliciting and accepting gratification in connection with the awarding of the defence ministry’s projects to a company. He faces seven charges in total.
Feizol was said to have solicited a RM150,000 bribe from FEHM Entity Sdn Bhd managing director Elias Jemadi Tajudin as an inducement for him to help submit a letter of intent by the company to be a strategic partner and contractor for maintenance of intelligence equipment at the Defence Intelligence Division.
Fang Fenghui: China's ex-top general jailed for life
A former high-ranking Chinese general has been sentenced to life in jail for corruption, state media reports.
Fang Fenghui, ex-chief of joint staff of the People's Liberation Army, was found guilty of bribery and having huge wealth that he had been unable to account for, according to Xinhua.
More than one million officials have been punished in the anti-corruption drive started by Mr Xi when he took power in 2012, the government says.
They include Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong, both former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. Xu died of cancer in 2015 before he could face trial while Guo was sentenced to life in prison for bribery in 2016.
The anti-corruption campaign has been described by some as a massive internal purge of opponents, on a scale not seen since the days of Mao Zedong, in whose Cultural Revolution many top officials were purged.
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