It said of the total, 349 were from the support group, 109 from the management and professional group, and nine from the top management group.

The number is a decline from the 525 civil servants arrested for the offences in 2019.

Prior to this, MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said the involvement of civil servants in corruption offences was worrying and that the issue of integrity and abuse of power should not be viewed lightly but rather to be given serious attention as efforts to overcome negative organisational culture should be done internally.

As such, Azam also called for all civil servants to work closely with the MACC to address the issue by being the agency’s informer or whistleblower in exposing matters related to corruption and abuse of power in their respective departments or agencies.