KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has voiced its support for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s suggestion that the death penalty to be imposed on those found guilty of corruption.
MACC chief commissioner, Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull, said corruption is the root of all other crimes and those who commit it deserve such a punishment.
He said other crimes which are caused by corruption include the influx of illegal immigrants, gambling, prostitution as well as smuggling of illicit goods.
“In China, those found guilty of corruption are shot to death.
“But in this country, such a punishment cannot be carried out as the government is undertaking efforts to abolish the death penalty,” he said in an interview on Bernama Radio at Wisma Bernama on Friday.
Mohd Shukri said, to replace the death penalty, the government could instead implement whipping for offenders.
“Since the death penalty is a virtual impossibility, I feel that it should be replaced with whipping.
“Six or seven lashes would suffice as a lesson so that the offenders would think twice about committing such a crime again,” he said.