THE Bumiputera Contractors for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line had an integrity awareness programme organised for them which was held at the Malaysia Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) Corporate Headquarters on 4 September 2018.

All 57 contractors with Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Grades G1-G6 that were awarded contracts with the Project attended the programme. It was organised collaboratively between the MRT Corp Integrity Unit and MRT Corp Administration and Bumiputera Relations Department.

The session began with a talk related to corruption cases in construction industry in Malaysia. The talk was given by MRT Corp Integrity Unit Senior Manager Mr Gunalan Perumal, who then went on to provide examples of corruption cases in the construction industry.

Subsequently, MRT Corp Integrity Unit Assistant General Manager Encik Muhammad Sree Abdullah gave a talk on ‘Anti-Bribery Policy of MRT Corp’. The contractors were briefed particularly on the No Gift and Whistleblower Policy.

They were reminded that MRT Corp strictly abides by the No Gift Policy and that all form of gifts received or given are not accepted.  Gifts could be used as ‘bait’ by agencies to contractors and they would want something in return. This is an unethical practise.

The final session was delivered by MRT Corp Chief Integrity Officer Dato’ Zainal Adam. He had a dialogue session with the contractors on issues related to them. During this session he also highlighted several improvements which need to be done especially those related to Bumiputera contractors.

Commenting at the end of the session, Zainal hoped that this awareness programme will help mitigate any potential issues that might arise from contractors during the construction phase of the MRT SSP Line.