KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh today urged the private engineering sector to help the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration weed out corruption, saying they should play a role in “cleaning up” the country.

The women, family and community development deputy minister said industry players must take a firm stance on graft and report any violations to the authorities.

Her speech, delivered at the Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Conference here, appeared aimed at assuring businesses that any dealings with the government will be done purely on merit.

“It is my hope that we will be able to minimise corruption in Malaysia and it should be much easier to do business now if you do everything right.

“Help us. If there is corruption, please report it to the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) or the authorities,” she said.

Her plea was met with an enthusiastic response from the audience, many of whom seemed star-struck by Yeoh’s presence.

The DAP leader is very popular with women, especially after becoming Malaysia’s first woman state legislative assembly Speaker.