BINTULU: Any complaint or allegation of misconduct or corrupt practice against a public servant must be followed by strong evidence.

General manager of Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) Rodziah Morshidi said any allegation made should not be baseless.

“If you are serious about your allegations of corrupt practices, especially involving our staff, please let us know. Provide us with the evidence so further investigation and action can be taken,” she advised.

Rodziah was responding at a press conference at Wisma Bintulu yesterday to several ‘flying letters’ sent to her since her first day of taking over the top management in BDA.

“BDA welcome all the feedback on performance, how to improve, and why we need to give attention. We appreciate that but admit that we can’t be on the ground all the time.”

She said there were allegations of BDA staff slowing down in processing work and everything, indicating corruption.

“If this writer or any member of the public face this (treatment) from my staff, please let us know and we will act on this officer – we will not condone this kind of misuse or abuse of authority,” she said.

However none of the 13 flying letters she received so far had any name or mention specific projects.

“How can we move forward from there if the allegation is only made for the sake of damaging the good name of BDA as a local authority here?” she asked.

She said the names and other details of projects and any misconduct must be given, not simply accuse staff of corruption without mentioning the details.

“So far I have received 13 letters without details. We will not hesitate to meet the writers if the complaints are genuine,” she said.

These flying letters were not new as the previous general manager and BDA management also received them, she recalled.

But BDA management and staff would take the issue seriously as it involved quality of service delivery and performance of BDA as a local authority serving the community.

Since helming the top management in BDA for the last five months, Rodziah had received lots of initiatives to improve its internal processes and operational mechanism.

BDA she said was strengthening its public engagement especially to get to know the people’s needs and improve services for the local community.

“Every municipal service requires community engagement. We own the city together, we live in the city together, and we make this city liveable.

“It’s an ongoing affair, it’s not going to be easy and fast and I wish that my staff have the energy and stamina to go along,” Rodziah said.