Navigating Reform: Challenges and Opportunities in the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2024-2028
In May 2024, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim launched the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2024–2028 (NACS), a policy programme that seeks to address corruption through a slew of strategies targeted at improving governance and accountability of public service administration. However, the NACS is less ambitious in scope to its predecessor, the National Anti-Corruption Plan 2019-2023, and relies […]
Corruption Perception Index (CPI): PMX narrative on fighting corruption must be backed by key reforms if CPI score is to rise
PRESS STATEMENT 12 FEBRUARY 2025 On 11 February 2025, Transparency International (TI) released the 2024 edition of their Corruption Perception Index (CPI) rankings, which revealed that both Malaysia’s CPI score and ranking for the year had remained stagnant. According to TI, Malaysia maintained its place at 57 out of 180 countries, with a score of […]
Empowering Parliament and protecting whistleblowers: new Acts are welcomed, but will they be fit for purpose?
7 FEBRUARY 2025 PRESS STATEMENT The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) is optimistic about the beginning of the first Dewan Rakyat session of 2025 with the planned introduction of two major reform laws: the new Parliamentary Services Act and amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010. We welcome the tabling of these Bills […]
C4 Center Stands in Solidarity with Sekretariat Rakyat Benci Rasuah
18 JANUARY 2025 PRESS STATEMENT On 25 January 2025, the Himpunan Rakyat Benci Rasuah anti-corruption rally will be held, organised by the Sekretariat Rakyat Benci Rasuah, a student-led group organised in the wake of the ongoing corruption scandal involving the Sabah state government. The rally as well as the public statements issued by the Sekretariat […]
Why does the Madani Government still defend political appointments?
25 OCTOBER 2024 PRESS STATEMENT Why does the Madani Government still defend political appointments? On 22 October 2024, through a supplementary question in Parliament, Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim proposed that only professionals should be appointed to GLC positions, excluding those with political backgrounds. In response, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reaffirmed the government stance […]
Budget 2025: Reforms welcome, but procurement risks remain a key concern
23 OCTOBER 2024 PRESS STATEMENT On 18 October 2024, the Supply (Budget) Bill 2025 was tabled in Parliament and notably, was the largest budget ever tabled in Malaysian history. Overall, the items in the budget suggest a positive shift by the government in the direction of improving accountability in public service delivery, as well as […]
Long-standing calls for MACC reform aligned with the government’s own obligations and commitments to improve governance
15 OCTOBER 2024 PRESS STATEMENT The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) is disconcerted by responses towards our recent press statement dated 9 October 2024 on urgent reforms necessary to uphold the role of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as an “independent and accountable anti-corruption body”, pursuant to Section 2 of the MACC Act […]
Public trust without MACC reform is a mere fantasy
9 October, 2024PRESS STATEMENT On 26 September 2024, Bloomberg released a report citing three sources who claimed that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had ordered Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki not to investigate Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak over the latter’s purchase of shares in HeiTech Padu Bhd. Bloomberg had also reported that […]
Press Statement: Asset declaration must be non-conditional and non-negotiable for all MPs
6 SEPTEMBER 2024On 2 September 2024, Perikatan Nasional (PN) chief whip Takiyuddin Hassan stated that the government had laid out several conditions for Perikatan Nasional (PN) members of Parliament (MPs) to be able to receive financial allocations for their constituencies, through a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the government and the opposition. Among the […]
2nd Quarterly Report 2024
The 2nd Quarter of 2024 has been a fruitful 3 months! We launched a major report written by researchers Wong Pui Yi, Wong Si Peng, and Nabila Zulkeflee, titled “Ending Waste Colonialism, Governing Plastic Pollution: Japan’s Opportunity to Lead Asia out of the Plastic Crisis”. The report was featured in various national news media and […]