Transfer officers to stop them from gaining corrupt power - MP

PARLIAMENT | Amid recent exposés of corruption that saw arrests of up to 50 immigration officers, a government MP has urged the government to facilitate inter-agency transfers as a way to reduce the prevalence of such cases.

Staff rotation is an anti-corruption strategy aimed at preventing officers from staying too long in one department or area and building influence, corrupt connections, and learning how to game the system.

Teresa Kok (Harapan-Seputeh) in debating the Supply Bill 2025 said her proposed inter-agency transfers of enforcement officers could be modelled after existing mechanisms for other civil servants.

“These are (enforcement) agencies that are closed-service, so we (government) want to see how officers can be...