SRIB signs integrity pledge with the MACC

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Rubber Industries Board (SRIB) which received an excellence award for financial management in January is not resting on its laurels.The board on Thursday signed the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Corporate Integrity Pledge (CIP) to weed out any form of graft from its organisation, in an effort to boost integrity in managing and developing the rubber industry.

And in the process, SRIB brought its subsidiary firms, namely, Tuaran Crumb Sdn Bhd, Tenom Crumb Sdn Bhd and Beaufort Specialty Rubber Sdn Bhd to sign the pledge with them.

On Jan 14, SRIB received the Excellence Award from Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman for its good performance in the area of financial management in the Auditor-General's Report.

Sabah MACC Director Datuk Shaharom Nizam said the CIP was established to expand the fight against corruption in government and private agencies, and not limiting to only the public.

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"To date a total of 22 organisations have signed the CIP in Sabah, including SRIB and the three companies and this will bring the total to 909 organisations in the whole country," he said after the signing and oath-taking ceremony held at Wisma Pertanian here.

Also present at the ceremony were Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin, SRIB Chairman Datuk Rubin Balang, SRIB General Manager Datuk Harris Matthews and others.

With the endorsement of the CIP by SRIB and its three subsidiaries, they will uphold the principles of anti-corruption elements and improve internal operations to weed out graft, adhere to graft laws of the country, eradicate all types of graft support and support anti-corruption programmes held by the MACC.

Meanwhile, Yahya said SRIB is the first government-linked agency to sign the CIP, adding that the State Assemblymen had also signed a similar pledge in April last year, called "Aku Janji" to support the fight against corruption.

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Balang also said the initiative to ink the CIP proved that the organisation was committed to encourage a high level of integrity in managing and developing the State's rubber industry.

"We want every revenue we expect to collect this year will be put to good use, transparent and without any form of bribery," he said.

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