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Sabah to set up committee to fight corruption

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KOTA KINABALU: An anti-corruption committee will be set up as part of an ongoing commitment to combat corruption and make Sabah a corruption-free state, said Sabah Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) director Datuk Sazali Salbi said.

He said the committee would serve as a platform to further expand programmes and activities to spread the message on fighting corruption, as well as enhance public awareness of the crime.

“A meeting will be held with State Secretary Datuk Hashim Paijan to discuss the setting up of the committee this Dec 11,” he told reporters after the flagging-off participants in a programme held in conjunction with the International Anti-Corruption Day by Law and Native Affairs Minister Datuk Aidi Mokhtar here yesterday.

Sazali said the committee, which would also be set up at the district level, would be chaired by the State Secretary, with members comprising permanent secretaries of ministries and district officers.

Yesterday’s event drew the participation of about 400 students of institutions of higher learning,  including  Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sabah.

Sazali said the programme was aimed at enhancing public awareness of the need to eradicate corruption to create a society with high integrity.

He said the commission hoped to expand the programme to all districts in the state. – Bernama

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