PUTRAJAYA, Sept. 30 -- The federal government's Special Cabinet Committee on National Governance has agreed to table the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) framework amendment, marking a step forward in Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) ongoing modernisation and reform drive.

Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the proposed legislation change, backed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who chairs the committee, is slated to be tabled during Parliament's first sitting next year.

Originating in the United States, a DPA is a deal in which prosecutors suspend charges against a corporation or individual in exchange for an admission of wrongdoing, payment of penalties, and implementation of reforms, with the case dr...