No signs of Umno in APPG to fight corruption, representative expected to join in the future

SHAH ALAM - There is no sign of Umno in the All-Party Parliamentary Group-Integrity, Governance and Anti Corruption (APPG) meeting today, however, non-governmental organisation #RasuahBusters are looking forward to welcome the party in the future.

It’s chief executive officer Nurhayati Nordin revealed that although Umno was seen today, the APPG saw the involvement of Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki as Umno representative in the group.

However, it came to an end as Asyraf’s term as Senator was over.

“Umno has its representative earlier, however his term just ended.

“As soon we got the information (of Asyraf’s end of tenure), we informed Umno so that they could send any representative to join APPG.

“We believe that in the near future, all political parties will join together and participate in taking the responsibility to fight corruption,” she said to Sinar Daily.

Meanwhile, APPG President Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi stressed that no matter what political party it was, everyone must work together to combat corruption.

“I believe that Umno or any political parties in Malaysia will agree with us to lead the country in a good direction,” he said.

Today, a total of eight MPs and #RasuahBusters team joined hands to combat corruption in the nation.

Che Abdullah who is also the Tumpat MP said the focus of the establishment of the APPG was to ensure systematic and legislative changes in Malaysia through a combination of parliamentarians, senators, civil society and experts in related fields.

Apart from Che Abdullah, APPG also comprised of Hannah Yeoh (Deputy President), Fuziah Salleh (Secretary) and Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah (Treasurer).

The other members were Penampang MP Datuk Ignatius Darrel Leiking, Sibuti MP Lukanisman Awang Sauni, Hulu Langat MP Datuk Husanuddin Mohd Yunus, Yayasan Sinar Untuk Malaysia #RasuahBusters, Transparency International Malaysia, Institute Demokrasi dan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi (IDEAS), Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), PATRIOT and UNDI 18.