The Plastic Waste Value Chain in Malaysia
C4 Center has released our latest research report, this time touching on environmental governance. How did the plastic waste crisis happen in 2018? Why did UK, US, Japan and more send their plastic rubbish to Malaysia? Was it because of corruption? What is happening now? Read our report to find out more! This infographic shows how complex […]
C4 Center Brief No. 1: Good Governance and the Global Plastic Waste Trade
OVERVIEW China’s ban on waste materials disrupted the global market for recyclable material, leading to an influx of waste to Southeast Asian countries. Research was carried out from November 2019 to March 2021 to examine the value chains of the import, transport, and processing of plastic waste in recycling facilities in Malaysia, and to trace […]
Webinar & Report Launch – Malaysia is not a “Garbage Dump” – by C4 Center & Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)
In 2018, China’s National Sword Policy came into effect. The ban of 24 types of solid waste imports to the country including plastic waste caused a global disruption of the market for recyclable material. This led to the redirection of plastic waste to Southeast Asia and other developing countries with less capacity and weaker regulatory […]
Reforms needed in appointment of key public officers, says Bersih
Topic: Coverage by: Free Malaysia Today Related news: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/03/15/reforms-needed-in-appointment-of-key-public-officers-says-bersih/ PETALING JAYA: Electoral reform group Bersih 2.0 has called for the enactment of a law on the appointment of public officers to key roles in constitutional and statutory bodies. It proposed the enactment of a Public Appointments and Removal Bill to oversee the appointment of top […]
C4 Center E-Annual Report 2020
The year 2020 has been trying and tough times for Malaysia, but despite the gloom and doom that had set base, C4 Center continued steadfast with its work to follow the money, enhance our investigation work, and build capacities around whistleblower protection, environmental governance and research around political donations and procurement. WHEN THE GOING GETS […]
C4 Webinar: Is there any real protection for whistleblowers?
In order to encourage more individuals to come forward and whistleblow, there must be several changes made to the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, for it to have meaning for the public to have confidence in the system. C4 Center is leading a campaign on Whistleblower protection and one of the activity is national consultation to […]
Corruption highlights in 2020
2020 was a major step backwards for good governance and anti-corruption in Malaysia. Watch our video to recap some key moments where things went wrong. Let’s hope for a better year ahead.
Conflict of Interest: Analysis & Recommendation on Preventing Political Patronage and Corruption in Malaysia.
Conflict of Interest: Preventing Political Patronage and Corruption in Malaysia Report was launched on 21 February 2019. This is a video summary of the event which was held at Aloft KL Sentral Hotel. This video was made by our friends at Media Rakyat. More videos of the event can be found on our youtube channel: C4 : Forum […]
The Taman Rimba Kiara Land Grab and the Web of Conflict of Interest
A serious conflict of interest and complex web of connections between former FT Minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan and property tycoon, Tan Sri Desmond Lim Siew Choon (developer and owner of Pavilion Shopping Mall). KuNan was also linked to the Pavilion Genting Highlands project through a series of amazing coincidences, despite his denials of any […]
Rosmah Mansor Graft Trial worth RM1.25 billion
Rosmah Mansor’s corruption case is a clear example how resources are diverted from the poor. In the end, the taxpayers’ money being stolen and the public, robbed!