MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad said he considers the issue involving the National Integrity and Good Governance Department (JITN) settled.

“About this JITN issue, MACC thinks the case is resolved and will continue to cooperate and give our commitment to ensure that what is planned will be implemented well.

“We will ensure our job and responsibilities are not affected and we will give our full cooperation to ensure government agencies have efficient management and administration free from corruption and abuse of power,” he told reporters after attending a farewell ceremony for a retiring deputy chief commissioner at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya today.

Dzulkifli merely repeated that the "case had been resolved" when questioned further on the issue of the JITN.

Previously, it was reported that the MACC had withdrawn their certified integrity officers (CeIOs) from government agencies, following the setting up of the JITN.

MACC had said that the withdrawal of the CeIOs was in line with government policy.

The 47 CeIOs embedded in ministries and government agencies who have been removed from their posts were replaced by in-house integrity officers who report to the respective heads of organisations instead of the MACC.

The JITN was established on Nov 1 last year after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Paul Low announced that the department’s Integrity and Good Governance Division would be upgraded to JITN following a cabinet decision.

The move sparked a row between MACC and the minister.