MACC still waiting for S’gor govt to sign pledge
SELAYANG: The Selangor government has again been asked to sign the corruption-free pledge (IBR), says the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission.
“We have been waiting patiently. We have not given up. But so far, we have not received any response from them,” said Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad.
The MACC chief was speaking to reporters after attending the IBR signing ceremony by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority here yesterday.
Dzulkifli said the Selangor government was the only state administration in the country that had yet to sign the pledge.
“Even agencies under the Selangor government have signed the pledge. Hopefully, they will do so before the coming general election,” he added.
“I do not know what is their excuse. The pledge is to express their commitment to stay away from bribery and abuse of power,” Dzulkifli said.
On Monday, Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said the state is committed to supporting the IBR initiated by the MACC.
However, he pointed out that signing the IBR alone is not sufficient.
He said there were several additional measures which the state government has imple- mented in eradicating corruption.
Azmin said he would be meeting Selangor MACC chief Datuk Alias Salim soon to explain the state government’s stand on the matter.
On a separate issue, Dzulkifli said the MACC welcomed political parties to sign the IBR or to submit their lists of candidates for the general election to check if they are free of corruption.
“These initiatives will be on a voluntary basis as this is not required by law,” he added.
In Putrajaya, a former senior administrative officer and a bogus scientist have been remanded over the alleged embezzlement of RM3mil for non-existent programmes.
The officer, 44, who was with the International Council for Scientific Union-Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ICSU-ROAP), and his alleged accomplice were remanded for five days until Saturday.
Magistrate Mohd Nor Hafidzuddin Yusoff granted an application by MACC prosecutors to remand them.
The two were arrested on Monday as part of investigation into the suspected improprieties which MACC believes were committed between 2012 and last year.