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Paul Low Seng Kuan

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Paul Low was also an entrepreneur and an active corporate leader in manufacturing. Before taking office as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, he was the Executive Director of Malaysian Sheet Glass - a large company producing glass products. He is also a past president of the Federation
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Federal institutions that worked closely with the Minister's Office included the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM), Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) and Public Complaints Bureau (PCB). He also chaired the National Consultative Committee
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In 2016 - 2017, he drafted and presented the Political Donations and Expenditure Bill, which sought to reform federal law to make all public officials liable under the country's anti-corruption laws. This would include the prime minister, cabinet ministers and members of parliament representing all
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Government which came into power did not completely dismantle the body of work that Datuk Paul Low had built up over his five years in office. In fact, a new National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) was set up in June 2018 to oversee and restructure most of the Agencies
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Headed by former MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed - who had worked closely with Low before his abrupt resignation from office in 2015 - the role of GIACC is to streamline and coordinate the implementation of key anti-corruption initiatives, which includes a new Law to regulate
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As a minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Paul Low was in charge of the implementation of transparency in the Malaysian government. However, he appeared reluctant to comment on the
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political parties. According to the bill all public officers would have to declare all assets including gifts received while in office to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
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of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), an organisation that promotes Malaysian manufacturing in the international stage.
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In July 2018, it was announced that the bill would be passed, and federal law amended.
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In 2018, in an interview for FMT News he said he tried to protect
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Index

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
PJN
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
Najib Razak
Palanivel Govindasamy
Taiping
Malaysia
Malaysian
Transparency International
Datuk
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Jyutping
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Malaysian
Senator
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Transparency International
1MDB scandal
Najib Razak
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
Pakatan Harapan
Malaysia

Order of Meritorious Service
"I was helpless when they were transferred, says Paul Low"
"Transparency Malaysia"

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