The police have its own mechanism to check corruption among personnel, said Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar.

"We are always monitoring our personnel to check corrupt practices," he said when commenting on the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) 2010 which perceived police as most corrupt followed by political parties and parliament.

Ismail said all quarters should provide police with information adding personnel should inculcate integrity to make fighting corruption more effective.

NONEHowever, the IGP did not reveal the number of personnel involved with corruption and those disciplined.

GCB conducted by Transparency International involved face-to-face survey of 1,000 respondents in urban and rural areas.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation director Mustafar Ali said it received lots of information on the misconduct of police and customs personnel.

He said large institutions or departments charged with providing services enforcing the law were easily exposed to corruption and public dissatisfaction.

GCB also showed that public confidence was low as no 'big fish' or high ranking officers were arrested.

Mustafar said arresting 'big fish' in high profile cases was difficult and took a lot of time to complete investigation.

"Investigating high profile cases is a tedious affair that involves the transfer of money overseas where our power is restricted.

"Cases involving 'small fish' or support staff is not difficult to investigate as they usually involve fake documents," he added.

- Bernama

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