The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory board has urged the government to stop appointing politicians as heads of government-linked companies.

“In every instance, they have fallen well below the ethical standards we have come to expect from those in positions of trust,” said the board's chairperson Tunku Abdul Aziz.

“By and large, politicians bring to the job the political habits and practices of a lifetime, practices from a different culture, and a different environment which are at variance with the requirements of disciplined corporate leadership, based on uncompromising trust,” he added.