Over 3,300 officers have been certified as integrity officers since 2010, with nearly 500 new graduates joining the ranks to bolster governance and anti-corruption efforts nationwide.
BANGI: A total of 3,333 officers have been accredited as Certified Integrity Officers since the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission launched the programme in 2010.
MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki stated that these officers can reinforce internal controls and nurture a widespread culture of integrity within their organisations.
“The CeIO programme has been designed comprehensively to ensure participants not only understand legal and compliance issues, but are also able to carry out anti-corruption prevention duties, manage integrity matters, and provide effective governance advice,” he said at the 12th CeIO Convocation.
A total of 486 officers from the public sector, government-linked companies and the private sector who completed the programme series in 2025 were certified at the ceremony.
Azam noted that the main challenge facing the public service is ensuring every decision is implemented effectively to deliver real benefits to the people.
He emphasised that the gap between decisions and implementation must be addressed to create an effective, responsive, and trusted administration.
Azam also revealed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy has developed a new 2026 Prime Minister’s Directive for the CeIO programme to align it with the national agenda.
He said the new directive was approved at the Cabinet Special Committee on National Governance meeting on March 12, which updated the CeIO implementation framework.
The updated framework refines the programme’s objectives and better aligns its functions with Integrity Units and Integrity and Governance Units across sectors.
The CeIO programme was originally introduced under Prime Minister’s Directive No. 1 of 2009 to strengthen governance and integrity in the public and private sectors.
