MACC chief commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull was so embarrassed of the corruption in Malaysia that he pretended to be an Indonesian national.
“When someone asked me in English where I was from, I was ashamed to say I was from Malaysia, so I said I was an Indonesian.
"That was our state of (corruption) at that time," he told a forum in Putrajaya this morning.
Shukri, who has more than three decades' experience in fighting graft, had retired in October 2016 but was appointed to helm MACC after Pakatan Harapan won the last general election.
The chief commissioner also noted how Malaysia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) fell from 52 percent in 2014 to 47 percent in 2017.
"It is getting worse. It is worrying indeed, Malaysia is known to the world as a 'kleptocracy' (due to the 1MDB scandal), not a country with integrity.
"It is shameful," he said.
Shukri also said that he preferred to be honest about the state of corruption in Malaysia instead of sugar-coating the issue.
"Often when people ask if the corruption in Malaysia was improving or getting worse, the speaker (from MACC) would say it is under control.
"I don’t like to say anything that is not true, I’d rather spell it out frankly," he added. - Mkini
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