Negeri exco members first to declare personal assets

Negeri exco members first to declare personal assets

Details will be uploaded and displayed on government portal within three months.

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Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun was the first to declare his assets on Dec 4 last year, under the Statutory Declarations Act 1960. (Bernama pic)
SEREMBAN:
Negeri Sembilan has become the first state where all its executive councillors have declared their personal assets.

Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun and Rural Development Action Committee chairman Ismail Ahmad first declared their assets on Dec 4 last year under the Statutory Declarations Act 1960.

It was a condition set by Invoke, a research body, in exchange for support services given during the 14th general election campaign.

“People can see the assets’ declaration documents in the government portal which will be uploaded in the near future and will be displayed within three months,” he said after the handing-over of the assets’ declaration documents by the state excos here today.

Present were Negeri Sembilan Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission director Ramli Ismail and Malaysian Institute of Integrity deputy CEO Ahmad Fadzli Ahmad Tajuddin.

In the meantime, the state government will ask the Customs Department to brief excos and elected representatives on the sales and services tax (SST) system so that they can understand it well before presenting the implementation of the SST to the people.

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced on Monday that the SST will be tabled in Parliament next month, proposing 10% for sales tax and 6% for service tax.

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