January 29, 2019

PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is sometimes blamed for tolerating corruption and the rise of cronyism during his first stint as prime minister, launched on Tuesday (Jan 29) an ambitious plan to make the country corruption free in five years. 

The eight-month old government, which stormed to power amid voter anger over the massive 1MDB graft scandal and other corruption cases, unveiled the wide-ranging National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP).

Tun Mahathir said at its launching that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government will review how appointments to key government posts are made, introduce new laws on political funding, and will require politicians and high-ranking civil servants to declare their assets.

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