Financial Accountability Transparency & Integrity (FACTI) Report
C4 Center was honored to have our Founding Director, Cynthia Gabriel to be invited to speak on the panel at the United Nations ESCAP High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity (FACTI) for Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: “Towards an Ecosystem of Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity“. She addressed on […]
Is BNM’s Integrity Compromised?
PRESS STATEMENT 02 MARCH 2021 The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) is deeply disturbed by recent revelations from the Edge Weekly, that more than US$16 million of the 1MDB money trail had found its way into the company accounts of the spouse of former central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz. If the […]
Conflict of Interest: Preventing Political Patronage and Corruption in Malaysia
Conflict of interest (COI) and political patronage have dominated our country’s economic and political landscape for decades, permeating every level of government and society. While practices such as government procurement, award of contracts and appointments to certain position are legal due to public policies and laws, they are by no means ethical. The task to […]
Kuala Langat, Kearah Pusat Pencemaran
Sediakah kita menerima lebihan asap karbon, panas membahang yang tidak terhingga, banjir, kematian kehidupan liar, flora dan fauna? Apakah nasib rakyat yang berada di sekeliling Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat? Adakah kita bersedia dengan apa yang bakal terjadi jika Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat diteruskan penyahwartaannya? Selepas mendengar perjuangan anak muda dalam membantah penyahwartaan Hutan Simpan Kuala […]
Cronyism in Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan
Press Statement as at 14 February 2019 C4 Center notes with concern developments in the Federal Territories (FT) Ministry, and is affirms several recent actions by Minister Tuan Khalid Samad, for his continuous effort in exposing past malfeasance of the previous ruling coalition of Barisan National, the blatant land grab and money transfers chiefly manourvered […]
Contributing PTPTN money to Lembaga Zakat Kedah raises serious suspicion due to Conflict of Interest
C4 Center is surprised over the move made by PTPTN Chairman, Wan Saiful Wan Jan contributing PTPTN money to Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah yesterday. Just not long ago, PTPTN Policy and Operations Deputy Chief Executive, Mastura Mohd Khalid told the media that PTPTN had borrowed money from the bank to fund 2.9 million students and […]
Punishment of whistleblower judge a regressive step in calling out corruption and injustice
PRESS STATEMENT 06 FEBRUARY 2021 The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) laments the fate of Judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer who has been suspended until retirement for his affidavit alleging judicial misconduct, and views this verdict with concern as future whistleblowers will now be less likely to come forward for fear of […]
Malaysia falls six ranks in CPI, mark of corruption seeping deeper into the nation
PRESS STATEMENT 28 JANUARY 2021 The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) laments Malaysia dropping a whopping six ranks to 57th place in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020, and is deeply troubled that this marks entrenched corruption seeping deeper into the institutions and administration that governs the country. The release of the CPI […]
C4 Webinar: Is there any real protection for whistleblowers? | C4 Center
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 […]
Talkshow by C4 and CIJ: #MYRightToKnow in Times of Crisis
#MYRightToKnow in Times of Crisis – Talkshow by CIJ and C4 28th September 2020, we celebrated the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), a day that commemorates the need for greater information transparency and #MYRighttoKnow With #COVID19 and the change in government in Malaysia earlier this year, we have seen several instances of our RTI being […]