The In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion has an­nounced plans to in­ves­ti­gate cor­rup­tion in var­i­ous min­istries, state agen­cies and re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions. In a state­ment, the com­mis­sion said it "has launched a ma­jor co-op­er­a­tive ini­tia­tive among state cor­po­ra­tions and agen­cies to fight cor­rup­tion and im­prove eth­i­cal con­duct."

The in­ves­ti­ga­tion comes af­ter a con­fer­ence with the Min­istry of Fi­nance, the Au­di­tor Gen­er­al's De­part­ment and the Min­istry of Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment. The com­mis­sion said abuse of gov­ern­ment spend­ing would be a ma­jor con­cern of the ini­tia­tive. "The com­mis­sion's high­ly qual­i­fied and ex­pe­ri­enced team will con­duct in­ves­ti­ga­tions to en­sure that pro­ce­dures, prac­tices and the de­ci­sion-mak­ing process are ad­e­quate to en­sure that pub­lic funds are not utilised to se­cure pri­vate in­ter­ests," it said.

The com­mis­sion said it hoped the ini­tia­tive will "in­spire pub­lic trust, cre­ate a favourable en­vi­ron­ment and serve the na­tion's in­ter­est with fair­ness on a dai­ly ba­sis." The ini­tia­tive was first an­nounced by com­mis­sion chair­man Ken­neth Gor­don in Jan­u­ary.