Brunei In Anti-Graft Link With Malaysia
By Maya SaIIeh

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei's anti-corruption drive will get a new dimension and a regional boost following a joint cooperation that has been established between Anti-Corruption Bureau of Brunei and its Malaysian counterpart Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA).

The bilateral tie up has been set up during a two-day meeting in Malaysia which ended on Thursday, Malaysian newspaper The Star reported yesterday.

ACB Director, Hjh Intan Hj Md Kassim, who led a 19 member delegation met with her counterpart, ACA Director-General, Datuk Zulkipli Mat Noor who headed 13 ACA senior officers where both parties discussed various matters pertaining to each country's corruption preventive measures, including joint operations and information exchange.

Datuk Zulkipli Mat Noor was quoted as saying, "Both parties have agreed to work closely, exchange information and intelligence in our efforts to combat corruption in Brunei and Malaysia," after closing the ACA and ACB inaugural bilateral meeting.

He added that the meeting with ACB Brunei was the first bilateral co-operation established by the ACA with anti-corruption agencies from other countries and that both parties are in the process of expanding bilateral ties in intelligence field to fight corruption.

Hjh. Intan Hj Md. Kassim was quoted as saying another bilateral meeting was scheduled to be held early next year in Brunei. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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