By Alang Bendahara
SHAH ALAM, Aug 26 — Selangor remain committed to ensuring its civil servant, government officials and state-owned companies are free from corruption, says Selangor Menteri Besar.
Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari told the State Legislative Assembly here today that the state government has worked with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the implementation of 10 initiatives to curb corruption in Selangor which are:
1. Signing of MACC’s Corruption-Free Pledge (IBR) by Selangor State Executive Council members, state assemblymen, state departments officers and management of state-owned companies.
2. All Selangor State Executive Council members and several state-owned companies need to sign the Conflict of Interest form before meetings.
3. Placement of MACC integrity officers at Selangor State Secretariat (SUK) Integrity Unit office.
4. Establishment of integrity units and integrity officers at all state departments and agencies.
5. Establishment of an internal audit department at the Selangor State Secretariat office.
6. Implementation of a corruption risk management plan and anti-corruption plan in all state agencies, departments.
7. Enforcement of corporate liability under Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009 in all state-owned subsidiary companies.
8. Organising courses, seminars, workshops on anti-corruption.
9. Distribution of pamphlets on anti-corruption.
10. Providing communication channels to report on integrity involving civil servants.
Amirudin listed this when answering a question from Hulu Kelang state assemblyman Saari Sungib on action taken to combat graft.
Later, when answering Saari’s supplementary question on conducting an internal audit on allocation received by state assemblymen, Amirudin said it would be discussed further on the state level.
“Maybe we will do it randomly or on selected target based on recommendations from the state’s Integrity Unit. We cannot do this on all 56 state assemblymen as most of the state’s internal audit departments already have their own tasks.
“So we will discuss this further in the next Selangor State Executive Council meeting,” he said.
