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KOTA KINABALU: Anti-corruption pledges should be practised in the daily operations of business and government agencies, says Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy.
Karunanithy said this after witnessing the anti-corruption pledge by the Energy Commission of Sabah here on Wednesday .
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