June 29, 2021
Sixteen departments in Perak have launched the Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) 2021-2025 to ensure the goals laid out in the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023 are achieved, said its Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad.
The OACP is a fundamental anti-corruption document at the organisational level to curb weaknesses and issues regarding governance, integrity and anti-corruption within an organisation. It allows for the monitoring of all departments through the Anti-Corruption Committee Meeting platform.
This is in line with the NACP’s main plan to eliminate corrupt practices and misconduct in the civil services.
The plan originated from the Order of the Prime Minister 2018 (Series 2, No.1, Year 2019) for Strengthening Governance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption in the Administrative Management of the Government of Malaysia.
Developing an OACP is mandatory under “Strategy 2: To Strengthen Efficiency of the Public Service Delivery” of the Order which addresses weak governance, integrity and corruption issues in the organisation.
Saarani Mohamad noted that another 17 departments have yet to launch the OACP during the closing speech for the virtual Certified Integrity Officer (CeIO) programme Series 27 No. 2/2021, a programme to allow employees to become certified integrity officers.
Under Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009 passed in 2018, private companies were given a two-year grace period to ensure that they implement “adequate” anti-corruption systems.
The relative subjectivity of the term “adequate” allows a company to raise a defence if an adequate anti-corruption system is in place.
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