Malaysia’s Najib Razak begins 12-year jail term after apex court upholds guilty verdict in 1MDB-linked case
Coverage by: South China Morning Post Related News: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3189941/relaxed-rules-overseas-delegates-some-hong-kong?module=perpetual_scroll_2&pgtype=article&campaign=3189941 Malaysia’s Najib Razak on Tuesday earned the dubious distinction of being the nation’s first former prime minister to be jailed after the Federal Court dismissed his final appeal against his corruption conviction linked to a former unit of scandal-tainted state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The ruling is […]
PFI Policy Scandal: An Abuse of Govt System With Pembinaan PFI, Federal Lands Commissioner As Enabling Tools – C4 Report
Related News: https://www.weekly-echo.com/pfi-policy-scandal-an-abuse-of-govt-system-with-pembinaan-pfi-federal-lands-commissioner-as-enabling-tools-c4-report/ Coverage by: Weekly Echo PETALING JAYA, Aug 6 – Pembinaan PFI Sdn Bhd, a dormant government-linked company (GLC) under the Ministry of Finance Inc (MoF Inc), and the Federal Lands Commissioner (FLC), which also has shares in Pembinaan PFI, have been tools for the government to channel contracts to GLCs, well-connected individuals […]
Where’s the report on probe into GLC from 2018, C4 asks MACC
Related News: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/08/05/wheres-the-report-on-probe-into-glc-from-2018-c4-asks-macc/ Coverage by: Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4) has demanded that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) provide updates on its investigation into a government-linked company called Pembinaan PFI Sdn Bhd. Pembinaan PFI Sdn Bhd is a GLC that was reportedly created to implement private finance […]
IPCC Bill’s passing a step closer to a police state – C4 Center
Related News: https://m.aliran.com/civil-society-voices/ipcc-bills-passing-a-step-closer-to-a-police-state-c4-center Coverage by: Aliran On Tuesday, 26 July, Parliament passed the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) Bill 2020. Originally conceived as an independent body to provide oversight and ensure accountability over the police, a cursory reading of the IPCC Bill is more than enough to deduce that it is ultimately set up to […]
Reject IPCC bill, C4 tells senators
Coverage by: Free Malaysia Today (FMT) Related News: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/08/02/reject-ipcc-bill-c4-tells-senators/ PETALING JAYA: The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4) has urged senators to reject the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) bill. “In its current state, the bill serves no added value in promoting integrity in improving police accountability,” it said in a statement. Instead, it […]
Auction off ‘royal’ shoes, use proceeds to help the public – C4
Related News: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/628053 Coverage by: MalaysiaKini The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) yesterday called on Johor Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi to auction off the pair of shoes he received from Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and use the proceeds to help the public. This comes after Onn Hafiz’s (above, left) admission that […]
Graft index: Is Azam trying to minimise his own culpability, asks C4
Related News: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/629353 Coverage by: MalaysiaKini The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) today questioned if the MACC chief commissioner’s comment on Malaysia’s rank in Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) was an attempt at minimising his own culpability. In a statement today, the anti-corruption group said Azam Baki’s criticism of Transparency International […]
Fight corruption, not preserve “national image”, Azam Baki told
Related News: https://focusmalaysia.my/fight-corruption-not-preserve-national-image-azam-baki-told/ Coverage by: Focus Malaysia ANTI-GRAFT chief Tan Sri Azam Baki has been told to focus on fighting corruption instead of protecting the country’s image, following his dismissal of an international corruption perception index. The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) said the findings of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) […]
Use Whistleblowers Protection Act to report on corrupt practises, says legal researcher
Related News: https://www.sinardaily.my/article/176647/malaysia/national/use-whistleblowers-protection-act-to-report-on-corrupt-practises-says-legal-researcher Coverage by: Sinar Daily KUALA LUMPUR – Exposing corrupt practices in the country often being regarded as a wrong thing to do as whistle-blowers are the ones who tend to be arrested for reporting such activity, a C4 Centre Legal Researcher claims. To avoid the problem, Arief Hamizan shared the appropriate measure […]
Probe MACC for not investigating bigwigs over UKSB funds, says C4
Related news: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/06/21/probe-macc-for-not-investigating-bigwigs-over-uksb-funds-says-c4/ Coverage by: Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) has called on the Public Accounts Committee to probe the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for its inaction in investigating those who allegedly received kickbacks from Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd (UKSB). C4 also asked MACC to issue a […]