The Penang state government should not dilly-dally or blame anyone else for their reluctance to sign the anti-corruption pledge.
Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Dzulkfli Ahmad said the pledge is taken on a voluntary basis and the MACC had never sent a letter to anyone to sign it.
He added that all the other states took the pledge on a voluntary basis and he did not see what was so special about Penang that it had to be invited.
"It is up to the Penang government if it wants to take the pledge or not, I am ok with it, they do not have to dilly-dally over it," he said in a press conference at the oath signing ceremony by the Royal Malaysia Police held at the Police Training Centre here today.
He was commenting on claims by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng that he had not been invited by the MACC to take the pledge.
Dzulkifli said the pledge was about integrity and leadership in the desire to be free of corruption and abuse of power.
"Any state which wants to take the pledge can contact the MACC to hold the programme, like the police force held today," he said.
He added the initiative to sign the pledge showed the commitment and seriousness of a state or organisation in being free of corruption and abuse of power.
"The MACC does not want to force because it is not good and does not show their seriousness, so it must be done voluntarily," he said.
If it was forced, the public would not be confident of the government body's will to fight corruption and abuse of power.
Commenting on the investigations into the Felda Investment Coorperation (FIC) on the purchase of a hotel in London, Dzulkifli said the MACC was still investigating the matter.
"Last Friday, the MACC detained two individuals for suspicion of manipulating the price of the hotel and there will be several more arrests in the near future," he said.
He added the two who were detained were the 45-year-old director of an asset management consultancy company and the 36-year-old head of the property unit of a postal services company
In a recent statement, the MACC said several people would be summoned to help in the investigations into FIC's purchase of the four-star RM330-million hotel in Kensington in 2014 after the MACC obtained new information about the case.
Initial investigations found that the FIC, being the investment arm of the Federal Land Development Authority set up in 2013, had allegedly bought the hotel at a much-higher price than the original, causing the FIC to lose millions of ringgit.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Jul 25 2017
Dzulkifli said the pledge was about integrity and leadership in the desire to be free of corruption and abuse of power.
Piala Thomas: Malaysia jinakkan Jepun untuk mara ke separuh akhir
Malaysia mara ke separuh akhir Piala Thomas 2024 selepas menundukkan Jepun 3-1 dalam perlawanan yang berlangsung di Gimnasium Pusat Sukan Hi-Tech, Chengdu, China.
Pembinaan Hospital Angkatan Tentera Kem Terendak bermula Julai ini
Pembinaan bangunan baharu Hospital Angkatan Tentera Kem Terendak di sini akan bermula pada Julai depan dan dijangka siap pada 2028, menurut Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Saifuddin Nasution akui perlu baiki isu di pintu masuk negara, bakal umum perubahan
Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail mengakui terdapat ruang yang boleh ditambah baik berhubung isu kesesakan di pintu masuk negara.
Program MADANI Rakyat 2024 Zon Utara bermula esok, 196 perkhidmatan disediakan
Platform untuk memberi peluang kepada masyarakat setempat memahami dan menilai dasar serta inisiatif baharu dilaksanakan kerajaan.
AWANI 7:45 [02/05/2024] - Jaminan lulus dengan bergaya | Reformasi sistem pendidikan | RM10.5 bilion tempoh empat tahun | Fail afidavit betulkan fakta
#AWANI745 malam ini bersama Jasmine Abu Bakar;
1. Humban siapa yang bantah kenaikan gaji penjawat awam
2. Sebelum Bank Dunia lapor, kementerian sudah ambil tindakan, kata Fadhlina
3. Microsoft labur RM10.5 bilion, peluang generasi muda teroka keselamatan siber
4. Mahkamah Tinggi tolak permohonan Tengku Zafrul
1. Humban siapa yang bantah kenaikan gaji penjawat awam
2. Sebelum Bank Dunia lapor, kementerian sudah ambil tindakan, kata Fadhlina
3. Microsoft labur RM10.5 bilion, peluang generasi muda teroka keselamatan siber
4. Mahkamah Tinggi tolak permohonan Tengku Zafrul
Kerajaan Negeri, Persekutuan perlu lebih fokus noktahkan miskin tegar di Kelantan - Anwar
Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan dan kementerian berkaitan perlu lebih fokus dalam usaha menoktahkan miskin tegar di negeri itu, kata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Ringgit melantun semula untuk ditutup tinggi berbanding dolar AS
Pada 6 petang, ringgit meningkat kepada 4.7535/7555 berbanding dolar AS daripada paras penutup 4.7700/7750 pada Selasa.
Pasaran getah ditutup bercampur-campur, jejaki pasaran serantau
Pada 5 petang, harga penutup LGM bagi GMM 20 berada pada 755.5 sen sekilogram manakala susu getah pukal pada 716 sen sekilogram.
Perkhidmatan jet di Subang mula beroperasi pada suku ketiga 2024 - Menteri Pengangkutan
Perkhidmatan jet di Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (LTSAAS) di Subang akan mula beroperasi pada suku ketiga tahun ini, kata Menteri Pengangkutan Anthony Loke.
MOSTI akan pastikan peralatan, kelengkapan hadapi bencana kimia mencukupi - Chang
MOSTI akan memastikan peralatan dan kelengkapan agensi dan jabatan berkaitan kimia di bawah kementerian itu mencukupi dalam menghadapi sebarang bencana melibatkan bahan kimia.