KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (DPIM) was yesterday urged to help enforcement agencies such as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to fight corruption.
MACC Sabah director Haji Jalil Jaaffar said during a briefing conducted by MACC for the members of DPIM yesterday that the chamber could assist by reporting corruption to enforcement agencies.
He added that the government had enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 to encourage members of the public to come forward to report corrupt practices and protect whistleblowers in the form of confidentiality, immunity from civil and criminal actions as well as protection from actions that would be detrimental to the case.
He also said that the government and its agencies, namely MACC, needed support from all levels of society, including non-governmental organisations to fight corrupt practices.
Fifty DPIM members attended the briefing held at TH Hotel near here yesterday.
According to Haji Jalil, the briefing yesterday was geared towards informing members on efforts to fight against corrupt practices.
He added that DPIM was selected as it interacts with members of the public and can assist in disseminating information to them.
“DPIM can be likened as the eyes and ears that can report any offences that have to do with fraud, corruption and abuse of power.”
He said that MACC was incapable of unearthing wrongs linked to corruption with their limited manpower.
“Hence, we need cooperation from organisations such as DPIM to assist us in channelling the information,” he said.
Also present at the event was DPIM president Dato Sri Jenar Lamdah.