KUALA LUMPUR: The proposal to gauge the integrity of civil servants, particularly those attached to enforcement agencies, through polygraph tests, has won the approval of the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC). EAIC chairman Datuk Yaacob Md Sam yesterday said the test, if implemented, should focus on agencies that deal with security. He said the test would be useful in screening personnel for critical posts and those who handled sensitive matters. He said besides polygraph tests, authorities could also use psychometric tests and the “mentor-mentee” approach to ensure that integrity issues were addressed. We will see if it is compatible with us because we currently already have integrity tests, especially for our recruits.”He said the police had integrity tests to ensure members of the force were not inclined towards corruption.

Source: New Strait Times January 17, 2017 06:08 UTC