Whistleblower Protection Act Amendments: A step forward, but several critical reforms still missing
PRESS STATEMENT 7 MARCH 2025 On 6 March 2025, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman tabled the Whistleblower Protection (Amendment) Bill 2025 for its first reading. Key amendments to Sections 5, 6, and 11 of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (WPA 2010) were proposed: The Center to Combat Corruption […]
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Bill 2025 — a reckless law that prioritises profit over environmental concerns
06 MARCH 2025 PRESS STATEMENT The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) is deeply concerned by the passing of the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) 2025 Bill, which disregards and trivialises the significant environmental consequences of the law. Tabled by Minister of Economy Rafizi Ramli, the bill had its first reading in […]
Sabah Corruption Scandal: Now is the time to introduce a Political Financing Act
5 FEBRUARY 2025 PRESS STATEMENT On 3 February 2025, it was reported that the whistleblower who exposed a series of videos implicating Sabah assemblypersons in an alleged corruption scandal has claimed that state Governor Musa Aman’s son-in-law, Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif, offered a settlement to silence him. The whistleblower also revealed that the alleged settlement […]
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 […]
Another day, another DNAA: Repeated failures to complete political corruption trials undermine public trust
28 NOVEMBER 2024 PRESS STATEMENT On 27 November 2024, former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Treasury Secretary-General Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah were granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) for six criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges involving the misuse of RM6.6 billion in government funds. The High Court granted the DNAA […]
Whistleblower on the brink of exposing massive corruption amongst politicians — but where is the support?
12 NOVEMBER 2024 PRESS STATEMENT On 9 November 2024, online news portal Malaysiakini broke the news of a whistleblower who holds video recordings of at least eight assemblypersons purportedly discussing hundreds of thousands in bribes given to them in exchange for supporting a project. Since then, articles have reported that while the whistleblower’s lawyer has […]
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 […]
With over 3000 laws to review, when will anti-corruption reforms arrive?
16 AUGUST 2024 PRESS STATEMENT On 12 August, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), stated that a list of more than 3,000 outdated laws would be compiled for the Prime Minister’s consideration for further action, potentially leading to a review. This includes laws from Malaysia’s pre-independence […]