Graft under control but vigilance continues
Of the cases investigated last year, a minority involved public sector officials, while the rest were private sector individuals, says CPIB in inaugural annual statistics report
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DESPITE high-profile instances of graft in recent years, corruption complaints and investigations in Singapore fell to a 30-year low in 2014.
And though the headline-grabbing scandals involved public servants, individuals from the private sector made up the majority of cases, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said on Thursday in its first detailed corruption statistics report.
This will be released annually from now on as part of CPIB's efforts to boost transparency and "promote a culture of zero tolerance against corruption", said the agency, which reports directly to the Prime Minister's Office. The latest figures show that Singapore's corruption situation is stable and under control, CPIB said.
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