Parti Amanah Negara has welcomed Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar's decree on eliminating corruption in the southern state, said the party's deputy president Salahuddin Ayub. 

"His majesty's firm decree which fully supported Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for acting drastically on property bribery, which involved the administration of Khaled Nordin, matched the aspiration of the people to have a state that practises good governance and integrity," he said in a statement.

Johor MACC would be more effective against the offender when both the Ruler and people are commited to free the state administration of graft, he said. 

"Amanah will commit towards educating the community to battle the culture of corruption and fight for a state that practises good governance and is free of corruption," he added. 

He then called for Johoreans to be the pillar in fighting the "virus of kleptocracy" in (prime minister) Najib Abdul Razak's administration, and to keep the virus out of the state. 

It was reported that Johor MACC director Azmi Alias has pledged to take "drastic actions" within the next few days following a spate of high-profile graft cases in the state.

MACC had on Feb 25 seized 21 luxury cars, five high performance bikes and RM500,000 in cash, as well as frozen 45 accounts with over RM15.5 million in them, in a case involving bribery and abuses linked to real-estate in Johor.

Six individuals, aged between 25 and 50, were also arrested with regards to the case.

Those arrested included the son and special officer of senior state government official Abd Latif Bandi, two developers, a lawyer and a civilian believed to be involved in the case.

Abd Latif has since gone on leave to "clear his name".

The New Straits Times on March 1 quoted sources who said Sultan Ibrahim was "furious" over the matter and that Khaled was even more outraged.