A: Whistleblowing means calling attention to wrongdoing that is occurring within an organisation

A: Every officer and employee of UEM Group and its subsidiaries (whether working in Malaysia or abroad) including the Directors in the employment of the Company and the Group and members of the public.

A: There are four established channels of reporting - online submission via Secured Postbox, e-mail, and in-writing to Board of Directors. Please refer to the Reporting Channels > for more details

A: The types of malpractices covered under the Whistleblower Policy includes the following examples; - theft, pilferage, misappropriation, fraud, dishonesty etc. Please refer to the Improper Conducts > for more details

A: Whistleblower will be accorded with the protection under this Policy provided the disclosure is made in good faith. Such a protection is accorded even if the investigation later reveals that the Whistleblower is mistaken as to the facts and the rules and procedures involved.

A: Yes, a Whistleblower will be accorded with protection of confidentiality of identity, to the extent reasonably practicable. Any other person assisting in the said investigation shall also be protected to the same extent as the Whistleblower.

A: The Whistleblower Committee will decide whether or not a Protected Disclosure should be investigated.

A: The investigation is to be treated as a neutral fact-finding process. The Whistleblower is not expected to be part of the investigation and shall not have the right to determine the appropriate corrective or remedial action. However, the Whistleblower will have opportunities for providing inputs during the investigation.

A: As stipulated in the UEM Group Whistleblower Policy, all whistleblowers MUST use the designated reporting channels to make protected disclosures. UEM Group can not guarantee the protection of confidentiality of identity if disclosures were made outside the designated channels.

A: Whistleblowers can make a protected disclosure as often as they like. There is no limitation on how often or when you can use the reporting channels. The online submission system is available 24/7 via the internet https://whistleblower.uemnet.com.

A: UEM Group provides a list of incident types that it recommends Whistleblowers to report on. However, if Whistleblowers feel that none of the available incidents actually reflect the incident they want to submit a report on, they have the option of typing in their own incident type.

A: The Whistleblower Committee members are the designated recipients of the protected disclosures made via e-mail and Secured Postbox. The committee members consists of directors of the Board of Directors.

A: Secured Postbox gives all employees and external stakeholders a secure mechanism for reporting compliance violations. Given the sensitive nature of protected disclousure, the following secure protocols are established;

• Access rights to the system are restricted to the Whistleblower Committee
• Whistleblower submissions and entire network traffic are unobservable even to UEM Group Information Communication Technology
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link. It allows sensitive and confidential information to be transmitted securely.
  

A: The protected disclosure is not automatically sent to law enforcement. Only if the organisation feels law enforcement should receive a copy, or if the law requires it, will the protected disclosure be submitted to the police.

A: No, the suspected individuals will not be alerted when a protected disclosure is made.

A: Once the protected disclosure is submitted, Whistleblowers do not have the ability to make any changes to the report.

A: Protected disclosures should be factual and not speculative or in the nature of a conclusion. The intentional misreporting of information may be actionable and subject to criminal investigation.

A: Yes, Whistleblowers have the option of submitting protected disclosures in Bahasa Melayu via all four reporting channels.

A: A unique case number and password will be provided upon submitting a disclosure via Secured Postbox. Whistleblowers can choose to check status of their disclosure at the website.

A: Yes, upon the completion of the whistleblowing process and procedures, the whistleblower will be accorded the privilege to be notified on the outcome of the disclosure at the point of request (at the discretion of the Company)