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TI-M COMMENDS PM FOR INITIATING REFORMS TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- Transparency International Malaysia (T-IM) has acknowledged Malaysia's efforts to deal with corruption although the country's ranking on the corruption perception index (CPI) this year has declined.
TI-M president Paul Low said Malaysia's ranking had slipped to 56th
position this year from 47th last year, out of 180 countries surveyed.
However, Prime Minister Najib Razak's moves to initiate reforms in some
institutions, especially the judiciary, and the setting up of the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission, to make them more independent, transparent and
accountable, was the way forward for the country, he said at a press conference
to announce Malaysia's position in the Transparency International Corruption
Perceptions Index 2009, here Tuesday.
He said Transparency International Malaysia believed that the way forward
for the country was to seriously combat corruption and to make government
decisions and transactions more visible and transparent.
Low, however, suggested that the government should be more transparent in
its procurement process by implementing "integrity agreement" with vendors to
act as preventive measures to curb corruption.
Low said Malaysia's decline in ranking in CPI 2009 of 0.6, from 5.1 in 2008
to 4.5 this year, "may be attributed to the perception of little progress in
combating corruption, and lack of political will in implementing effective
anti-corruption measures".
Examples giving rise to the concern were the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ)
fiasco and the auditor-general's annual report highlighting extraordinary public
procurement abuses, he said.
"However, there are positive signs. The PKFZ fiasco is being actively and
vigorously investigated, police reports have been made and suits have been taken
against certain parties, and corrective measures have been taken.
"The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) was ratified in
Sept 2008. Integrity is a Key Result Area for the government, with the CPI as a
key productivity index. The prime minister has formed a high-level task force to
study and make recommendations for action to be taken on the auditor-general's
2008 report," he added.
-- BERNAMA
TI-M president Paul Low said Malaysia's ranking had slipped to 56th
position this year from 47th last year, out of 180 countries surveyed.
However, Prime Minister Najib Razak's moves to initiate reforms in some
institutions, especially the judiciary, and the setting up of the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission, to make them more independent, transparent and
accountable, was the way forward for the country, he said at a press conference
to announce Malaysia's position in the Transparency International Corruption
Perceptions Index 2009, here Tuesday.
He said Transparency International Malaysia believed that the way forward
for the country was to seriously combat corruption and to make government
decisions and transactions more visible and transparent.
Low, however, suggested that the government should be more transparent in
its procurement process by implementing "integrity agreement" with vendors to
act as preventive measures to curb corruption.
Low said Malaysia's decline in ranking in CPI 2009 of 0.6, from 5.1 in 2008
to 4.5 this year, "may be attributed to the perception of little progress in
combating corruption, and lack of political will in implementing effective
anti-corruption measures".
Examples giving rise to the concern were the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ)
fiasco and the auditor-general's annual report highlighting extraordinary public
procurement abuses, he said.
"However, there are positive signs. The PKFZ fiasco is being actively and
vigorously investigated, police reports have been made and suits have been taken
against certain parties, and corrective measures have been taken.
"The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) was ratified in
Sept 2008. Integrity is a Key Result Area for the government, with the CPI as a
key productivity index. The prime minister has formed a high-level task force to
study and make recommendations for action to be taken on the auditor-general's
2008 report," he added.
-- BERNAMA
