ADUN SPEAKS | In conjunction with the International Anti-Corruption Day on Dec 9, the MACC launched Anti-Corruption Day in Malaysia with the theme "PBT Against Bribery".

It is hoped that through combining the efforts of local government authorities, their officials can also report on bribery in order to fight together against the rampant culture of corruption in our country.

The lack of checks and balances in local authorities and the subsequent loss of accountability have always been a serious challenge that is heavily criticised by the public.

Therefore, in the absence of the system of checks and balances and monitoring, requesting local authorities to report on corruption that happens within their own departments appears to be a futile task of milking the bull...