PUTRAJAYA: The practice of gift-giving to secure contracts and licence has to be stopped, says Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Latheefa Koya (pic).
Citing World Bank surveys from 2015, Latheefa said that data collected from manufacturing firms showed that 51.4% of Malaysian companies are expected to offer "gifts" in order to secure government contracts.
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