GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s entire Education Department signed the Corrupti¬on-free Pledge (CFP) here today in a bid to remain graft-free.
Over 400 officers and staff headed by their director, Shaari Os¬man, signed the pledge in the presence of state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commi¬ssion (MACC) director, Datuk Abdul Aziz Aban.
"We have already est¬ablished our own unit to conduct inves¬tigations on reports and information rec¬eived from various people (on corruption), including anon¬ymous ones.
"(But) we want to take (our initiative) a step further by signi¬ng this and to work clos¬ely with the MACC to fig¬ht corruption in our own department," sa¬id Shaari after the ceremony held at the Department’s office at Jalan Bukit Gambir.
The MACC has detained 45 people for graft so far in 2017, with 22 of those arrested being civil servants.
Abdul Aziz said that the majo¬rity of the detainees were bribe recipients rather than givers.