Kenyataan Media: Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2021 Siri 2: Demokrasi berparlimen mengecewakan dan mencurigakan dijadikan sandiwara oleh Perikatan Nasional
Semasa mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat pada 6 Jun 2023, blok pembangkang yang terdiri daripada ahli-ahli politik gabungan Perikatan Nasional (PN) telah sebulat suara membantah dengan lantang perbahasan Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2021 Siri 2 (Laporan KAN) dalam Parlimen. Meskipun Tuan Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat Johari Abdul masih meneruskan usul itu untuk membenarkan laporan tersebut dibahaskan, tiada […]
Auditor-General’s Report 2021 Series 2: Parliamentary democracy reduced to a farce by Perikatan Nasional
During a Dewan Rakyat sitting on 6 June 2023, the opposition bloc comprising politicians from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition unanimously and vehemently protested the Auditor-General’s Report 2021 Series 2 (AG’s Report) being debated in Parliament. While Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul moved forward with the motion to allow the report to be debated, none […]
MBPJ Councillors steamrolled, to what end?
2 JUNE 2023 PRESS STATEMENT MBPJ Councillors steamrolled, to what end? On May 30th, 19 Councillors of the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) walked out of an ongoing Council Meeting after Petaling Jaya Mayor Mohamad Azhan Md Amir refused to heed their concerns regarding the procedure taken in granting approval for a development project on […]
LCS Scandal: Remedying Corruption or Simply Ignoring It?
PRESS STATEMENT On 26 May, it was reported that Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), a subsidiary of Boustead Holding Berhad (BHB) signed a sixth supplemental contract for the procurement of the littoral combat ships (LCS), reducing the deliverables from six ships to five, but ballooning the total cost of the project from RM9.13 billion […]
MACC’s investigations in the judiciary: a symptom of deeper institutional rot
During a Dewan Rakyat sitting on 6 April 2023, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Azalina Othman revealed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)’s investigations into Justice Nazlan Ghazali had found that he violated the Judges’ Code of Ethics when he presided over the controversial SRC International case. According to the […]
Corporate Social Responsibility in Public Procurement – No Responsibility for Losses, No Empathy for Malaysians
The Auditor-General’s 2021 Report (Series 2) has brought to light damning revelations regarding the procurement of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the delivery of 93 defective units and an estimated RM13.07 million in losses. These findings highlight how the loopholes and flaws in our institutions are not merely issues removed and out-of-touch from […]
Caution urged: Minister’s invitation to businesses to ‘help’ constituencies defeats axing-out of money politics efforts, C4 supports reduced CDF move
10 FEBRUARY 2023 The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) urges caution over Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil’s statement early this week calling upon the private sector to assist Members of Parliament (MPs) to ‘help’ their constituencies. This follows the government’s reduction of backbencher MPs’ (constituencies) development allowances, as confirmed by Prime […]
CHANGE OF GUARD: C4 CENTER’S– NEW LEADERSHIP
PRESS STATEMENT 6 JANUARY 2023 CHANGE OF GUARD: C4 CENTER’S– NEW LEADERSHIP Dear Friends and Colleagues, New year greetings from us at C4 Center. As the new year beckons, and with a new government in place for more than a month now, C4 Center hopes that civil society will remain focused and pursue much-needed reforms […]
Reviewing the GIACC, a Strong and Independent Entity Needed to Push the Anti-Corruption Agenda; Legislation on appointments of GLCs Necessary.
23 DECEMBER 2022 In light of the recent announcement by the government to review the National Centre for Governance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) whose key functions were to monitor the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP), The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 center) would like to express that we hold no objections […]
C4 Center Executive Director Cynthia Gabriel receives prestigious Anti-Corruption Champions Award
The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) congratulates our Executive Director, Cynthia Gabriel for receiving the Anti-Corruption Champions Award 2022 and being recognised as an Anti-Corruption Champion by the United States’ State Department! The award this year is given to eight honorees who have demonstrated “leadership, courage and impact in preventing, exposing and […]