Press Release: Asset declaration must be compelled by law mandatory for politicians, a high-risk group
The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4 Center) finds the defiance of MPs from the opposition parties on asset declaration, appalling. While we applaud the Pakatan Harapan MPs for putting the word to deed in partaking in this difficult but necessary exercise, in tandem with the Speaker of the House full support for much-needed […]
Press Statement: How police corruption negates Government’s anti-corruption reforms
Press Statement dated 9 December 2019 While this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day is celebrated with pomp in Malaysia to manifest the new government’s effort to tackle corruption, we are cognizant that real reforms must be structural and holistic and are somewhat concerned to learn certain efforts are being thwarted by the resistance to change. One […]
Report: pH Litmus Tracker Report 2 [May-Nov 2019]. A Report on Pakatan Harapan’s Institutional and Political Reform
The PH Litmus Report on the Progress of Pakatan Harapan’s Institutional and Political ReformsMay 2019 – November 2019 Since the monumental victory of 9 May 2018, the Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4 Center) has led a project to track Pakatan Harapan’s progress in implementing its manifesto promises, particularly on governance and anti-corruption reforms. The […]
Report: A Rights Plan for Freedom of Information in Malaysia
“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any media of his chouce.” – Article 19 of the ICCPR In order […]
Press Statement: The “Business As Usual” trends in tender & contract awards makes Pakatan transparency look like a hoax
PRESS STATEMENT27 NOVEMBER 2019 C4 is gravely concerned over recent news reports on how the trends in tenders and contract awards have transpired. A Support Letter from the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister to the Prime Minister The Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali’s Secretive Dinner At His Residence Contradictions…yet again On 22 November 2019 Prime […]
Press Statement: Malaysia’s third national car – a dream on the edge with dreamedge?
Over the past few months, the media has painted an ominous picture of the third national car project which is one of the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s overarching vision to have a new national car. Overview The idea of a new national car was mooted by the PM just weeks after he returned […]
Press Statement: River of Life – a vanity project that fails to measure up
Press Statement dated 16 August 2019 C4 Center expresses concern over the state of the River of Life (ROL) project which was allocated a whopping RM4.4 billion for the redevelopment of 10 kilometres of the Klang River in central Kuala Lumpur and the clean-up of its waters and shoreline running 100 kilometres upriver. Over the […]
Press Statement: Should the Police be in business?
PRESS STATEMENT: 20 JUNE 2019 C4 refers to the recent statement made by the Inspector General of Royal Malaysia Police (IGP), Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador, having discovered 67 associations registered under the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP)’s name. Moreover, those associations have no whatsoever connection with the RMP. There were also allegations of such organisations […]
Press Statement: Establishment of IPCMC a step in the right direction
Press StatementEstablishment of IPCMC a Step in the Right Direction 18 July 2019 The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) refers to the draft bill in relation to the establishment of the Independent Police Complaints of Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) which was tabled in Parliament this afternoon. We welcome the Pakatan Harapan government’s commitment […]
Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020: How a mutilated City Plan was forced on the people of Kuala Lumpur
From KuNan to Khalid: How a mutilated Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 was forced on the people of Kuala Lumpur The contents of the KLCP 2020- Read at here.