Malaysia ant-graft agency to monitor judge’s assets – report
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:14 GMT
By Luke Balleny
LONDON (TrustLaw) – Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has set up a taskforce charged with creating a mechanism to implement and monitor the declaration of assets by Malaysian judges, The Star newspaper reported.
The move by the anti-graft agency follows a Sunday announcement by Malaysia’s Chief Justice Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria that all superior court judges would be required to declare their assets.
MACC Inspection and Consultancy Division director Shaharuddin Khalid will lead the task force, according to The Star.
The President of anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) Datuk Paul Low said that his movement had repeatedly called for transparency and full public disclosure of assets of elected and public officials.
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