Thursday 27 January 2022

Abang Jo, cabinet ministers taking corruption-free pledge

 KUCHING, January 27, 2022 - Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg led members of the State Cabinet and assistant ministers dedicating their commitment by taking a corruption-free pledge at a special ceremony today. 

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg (centre) leads his cabinet minister taking their corruption-free pledge.

This is the second time that Abang Johari, his cabinet colleagues and assistant ministers taking the pledge, the first being after he was sworn-in as chief minister in 2017. 

The corruption free pledge was started by Pehin Sri Adenan Satem upon being appointed as chief minister in 2014 from Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud. 

Among those who took the pledge today were the three deputy chief ministers Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Datuk Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. 

They took the pledge before the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, accompanied by the state MACC director Mohd Zaki Hasan. 

MACC, in a statement, congratulated the state government for the taking the initiative and commitment to make Sarawak a corruption-free state.