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Malaysia to enforce Whistleblower Protection

The Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 will be enforced from 15 December 2010 and will cover informants from the private and government sector. This was announced by the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk V.K. Liew .

“Hopefully, this will encourage informants to come forward and expose, corrupt practices and, other forms of misconduct without fear of being stigmatised or suffering repercussions,” he told reporters-after a briefing on the Act by the director- general of the Legal Affairs Division in the prime Minister’S Department, Datuk Saripuddin Kasim, at a hotel here.

The Act is an initiative under the Government Transformation programme’s National Key Results Area to aggressively tackle corruption across the board.

Under the provisions Of the Act, the whistleblower will have confidentiality of immunity from civil and criminal action, as well as other detrimental action.

“Any detrimental action taken against a whistleblower by anyone for reporting an improper conduct will be investigated and action can be taken,” Liew said. He said a whistleblower who was a victim of detrimental action could, be awarded compensation in the form of damages, injunctions or any other relief awarded by the court.

The Deputy Mnister also urged corporations to implement their own whistleblower policies internally to instill good corporate governance. “Many companies such as Malaysia Airlines and the Port Klang Authority have already begun implementing their own whistleblower policies and other corporations should follow suit,” he said.

Liew added that with the enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, Malaysia had taken another step towards fulfilling its obligations under the United Nations Convention against Corruption. ,”Clearly; it is a significant mile- stone f6r Malaysia in its all-out war ” against corruption. Hopefully, the Act will’ contribute to greater transparency in the government delivery system,” he said.