Commission Against Corruption (Macau)
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| Commission Against Corruption | ||
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| Chinese: | 廉政公署 | |
| Portuguese: | Comissariado contra a Corrupção (CCAC) | |
| High Commission Against Corruption and Administrative Illegality |
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| Chinese: | 反貪污暨反行政違 法性高級專員公署 |
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| Portuguese: | Alto Comissariado Contra a Corrupção e a Ilegalidade Administrativa |
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The Commission Against Corruption of the Macau Special Administrative Region was established after the handover from Portugal to the Communist China in 1999 from article 59 of the Basic Law of Macau and modeled after the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong.
The CCAC replaced the High Commission Against Corruption and Administrative Illegality created in 1990 and began operations in 1992.
According to law no. 10/2000 of 14th August, the CCAC carries the following major statutory duties:
- To carry out preventive actions against acts of corruption or fraud.
- To investigate any crimes of corruption and fraud committed by civil servants.
- To investigate allegation of corruption and fraud in electoral registration and election of members of the institutions in the Macau SAR.
- To protect human rights, freedom and legitimate interests of individuals, as well as to uphold fairness, lawfulness and efficiency of the public administration.
A list of heads of the two commissions:
High Commission Against Corruption and Administrative Illegality
Commission Against Corruption of Macao
- Cheong U 1999-present
After 17 years, the Macao has an official agency to tackled the concerns over corruption and links to the territory's casinos.
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See ICAC Hong Kong, a similar agency and the model for Macau.
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