KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4 -- Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Ramli Mohd Nor has proposed that the government offer covert incentives to civil servants who expose internal misconduct at immigration entry points, including practices such as "counter setting," to curb corruption at the country's borders.

Ramli suggested that whistleblowers with inside information on manipulation or abuse of power should be rewarded under administrative rules or legal provisions.

"Why not consider giving rewards, like giving them a thousand ringgit or two thousand covertly? This is done in criminal investigations. It could work in this case too," he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.

He said only those directly involved or close to such misconduct would have acc...