Six appointed to MACC's Anti-Corruption Advisory Board for 2025–2028 term
Their appointments, for a three-year term from July 15 this year to July 14, 2028, were made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the prime minister.
MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki presented the letters of appointment to the new members at the commission's headquarters in Putrajaya today.
The newly appointed members are former Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit director-general Datuk Seri Dr Yusof Ismail; Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners president and former Transparency International Malaysia president Datuk Seri Dr Akhbar Satar; former Public Service Department deputy director-general Datuk Zainal Azman Abu Seman; former Treasury deputy secretary- general Datuk Othman Semail; National Population and Family Development Board chairman Datuk Dr Narimah Awin and Enforcement, Leadership and Management University vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Mohd Kassim Noor Mohamed.
The board is chaired by Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din, who was appointed on Feb 2 for a three-year term ending Feb 1, 2028.
In a statement, MACC said the board's main role is to advise the commission on strategies, policies, and matters related to corruption.
"It is hoped that the appointments will help fulfil public expectations of the MACC's independence, efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability," it said.
The statement also noted that the MACC chief commissioner serves as an ex-officio member under Section 13(2)(b) of the MACC Act 2009.
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