‘I’m still an MACC officer’, former deputy chief says after move to Immigration Department
The former deputy chief commissioner in charge of prevention who clocked out of the MACC last Friday alongside its head Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed and deputy chief commissioner of operations Datuk Seri Shukri Abdull, is due to start as his new role as Immigration director-general tomorrow.
“I am still an MACC officer, only seconded temporarily to the Immigration Department. So we will be a team to strengthen the organisation that I will spearhead from outside,” he told Malay broadsheet Utusan Malaysia in an interview published today.
Mustafar, whose career in the anti-corruption body started in 1985 after graduating from Universiti Malaya, expressed deep sadness to leave his MACC colleagues for the Immigration Department, which has been embroiled in several controversies.
Mustafar acknowledged the challenges ahead of him but indicated he will be more proactive in his new role and will still be working closely with the MACC to snuff out corruption within his new department.
He said he has been spending the past few days reading up and scrutinising reports and articles on the Immigration Department, including the arrest of 28 officers suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Malaysian Immigration System (myIMMs) which led to the unmonitored entry of thousands of foreigners.
The veteran anti-graft fighter laughed off a suggestion from the newspaper when asked if the immigration officers would have much to fear from their new head and said he will only seek to promote the same values he had introduced into the MACC.
“Hahaha… I’m not trying to create fear but togetherness with the 5K concept. In MACC too I had introduced the 5K concept,” he said in the interview.
He explained that the 5K stood for the first letter of several words in the Malay language to inspire change among the civil servants, starting with kefahaman (understanding), kesedaran (awareness), keinsafan (cognisance), keihklasan (sincerity) and keberhasilan or kejayaan (fruitfulness or success).
“The fruit of our endeavours is halal pay, spotlessness and blessings. Fruitfulness in our work will satisfy our customers. Our success is also when people express confidence in the Immigration Department and they will give information and cooperation,” he was quoted saying.
Mustafar also congratulated incoming MACC chief Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad, formerly from the Attorney-General’s Chambers whom he described as “my friend”.
He said Dzulkifli has been entrusted to lead an organisation with the motto of “Amanah, Adil, Tegas” or in English “Fair, Firm, Trustworthy” and will have to live up to preserving them.
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