Corruption rampant among youth, says MACC Foundation chief




KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — What does the future hold for the youth if they are entangled in graft?
This was the poser raised by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Foundation who called on the public to rally together to fight the scourge.
Between 2013 and last year, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested 1,902 for graft-related investigations, and of this figure, 1,045 were found to be below 40.
“It is a scary situation because they are not supposed to have corruption on their mind that young,” foundation president Datuk Seri Zakaria Jaffar said.
“This is the next generation who has the country in their hands. If we don’t stop this, I don’t know what will happen to the country,” he said.
The former graft buster served with MACC for 33 years before retiring last year, but his zeal to fight graft remains strong as ever.
The foundation is a non-governmental organisation set up on Dec 9, 2014 for the sole purpose of educating the public on the importance of preventing corruption.
“The public need to be courageous to report and fight corruption,” Zakaria said.
He said the public needed to know the difference between being an informer and someone who reported an act of corruption.
“An informer provides reason to believe corruption is taking place and they are protected by name, identity and information,” he said.
“A complainant reports people who are involved in corruption, meaning offering, receiving or forced to participate in it. In this case, we know who is responsible and the person has to be a witness in court.”
With 377 members nationwide, Zakaria said they also had volunteer members who were the eyes and ears of the community.
An example, Zakaria said, was that they could make sure communities are aware of what they are to receive following the Budget 2017 announcement last month and making sure they get what they were promised.
“They (the volunteers) can act as a check-and-balance and make sure everything is delivered. If they see corruption happening, they can advise the people involved on the spot,” he said.
“If that fails, they can inform the relevant community chief or directly to MACC.”
He was pleased the public confidence in MACC has increased over the years, but more needed to be done.
Organisation for National Empowerment president Danni Rais said youths were getting desperate due to pressures from standards of living.
“Perhaps they see corruption as a feasible option to get something done,” he said.
“This could also be related to an accepted view of corruption, where youths today think it is part and parcel
of life.”
He said other contributing factors include the lack of respect towards law enforcers and opportunity to commit corruption.
“It takes two to tango. They would not take bribes if there was no offer,” he said.
“Ideally, we know youths are against corruption. So, if the statistics show otherwise, there must be a side opening door to corruption. It must end on both sides.”
Selangor Youth Community manager Zaiferez Hadzere Zainal said the main cause of corruption among youths was greed.
“Greed leads to the desire of having more money and power regardless of the source,” he said.
“Thus, youths put aside their integrity for easy money and easy career path.”
He said there was a lack of awareness and personal ethical sensitivity among youths.
“We also don’t have enough corruption prevention awareness in schools,” he said.
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