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Forum: Official Secrets Act: Time to Review or Repeal?

Lim Kit Siang is a victim of the Official Secrets Act?In 1979, he was convicted of five charges under Official Secrets Act for exposing an inappropriate arms deal between the government and a Swiss company. Ezam used to claim that he has 6 boxes of corruption evidences. What happened to those boxes and how come […]

Roundtable Discussion C4 Center-SUHAKAM on Freedom of Information

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — At a Roundtable Discussion co-organized by Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) and Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), SUHAKAM believes that transparency can be achieved with the introduction of a freedom of information law alongside the Official Secrets Act (OSA) By so doing, Suhakam chairman Tan Sri […]

The Launch of GIAT’s Good Governance Agenda For Malaysia

GIAT (Governance, Integrity, Accountability and Transparency) is a coalition of civil society organizations that consists of the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center), Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Sinar Project, Trnsparency International-Malaysia and Friends of Kota Damansara. Kuala Lumpur, 19 July 2017 – 5 Points of GIAT Good Governance Agenda for […]

Press Release of GIAT: Article 13 review of United Nations Convention Against Corruption

GIAT (Governance, Integrity, Accountability and Transparency) is a coalition of civil society organizations that consists of the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center), Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Sinar Project, Trnsparency International-Malaysia and Friends of Kota Damansara. Putrajaya, 4 July 2017 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) invited the Institute for […]

Article 13 review of United Nations Convention Against Corruption

C4 and other CSOs emphasised structural problems that have made civil participation against corruption in Malaysia difficult Putrajaya, 4 July 2017 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) invited the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) and Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) as representatives of civil society organisations to […]

Consultation Session on UNCAC

Reviewers from Timor Leste and Swaziland will audit Malaysia for two chapters (preventive measures and asset recovery) on 4th July 2017. Malaysia is a signatory to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Each country is reviewed once every 5 years, and it is now Malaysia’s turn. Reviewers from Timor Leste and Swaziland will audit Malaysia […]