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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): An independent body should be established to probe “contractors who tender for projects in order to stem corruption in public procurement”, Public Works Department (JKR) director Kamaluddin Abdul Rashid said, reported Free Malaysia Today.
“There has to be an authority sanctioned by law that allows us to check their backgrounds before awarding them the projects, even though they say we can’t.
“We have to reduce the opportunities for corruption, to prevent certain individuals who may be weak-willed from becoming corrupt,” Kamaluddin said at forum on graft-free procurement at Institut Integriti Malaysia today.
“In the process of recruiting contractors for public procurement projects, there are many loopholes where corruption can occur.
“The one step that has the least risk of corruption is during evaluation,” he told the news portal.
Kamaluddin suggested that there should be a “proper criteria for the award of projects” which include the “mandatory submission of financial statements detailing past projects and records”.
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