The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, reiterated today that the Government would firmly steer the MSAR towards becoming a corruption-free society.

Mr Ho made the remarks in the wake of the arrest of the head of an autonomous entity by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday on suspicions of corruption and abuse of power.

Speaking when he attended an outdoor event today, Mr Ho said the Government would not tolerate such cases and he believed that the court would severely punish the corrupted.

And we should not ignore such cases even if bringing them to light would affect the Government or Macao as a whole.

He said the present case showed the effectiveness of the Commission and the entire monitoring mechanism. But since it was in legal process, he would not comment on its details.

He said that the case would also remind officials that they should serve the public with integrity.

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