PAC findings expose massive misgovernance issue at the heart of migrant labour recruitment, police investigations must ensue
6 JULY 2024 PRESS STATEMENT On 3 July 2024, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) led by Mas Ermieyati reported that the migrant labour recruitment system under the supervision of the Ministry of Home Affairs had been operating for six years without having been formalised in a contract. The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 […]
Press Conference of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia (APPGM) at KarangKraf
Dr Edmund Terence Gomez and Cynthia Gabriel, members of the Board of Directors of C4 Center were speaking at a press conference of the APPGM – Integrity, Governance and Anti-Corruption held at Karangkraf. Former Cabinet Minister Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, APPGM Chairman Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Deputy Chairperson Mas Ermieyati and many others attended […]
APPG Meeting on Political Finance
C4 Center attended APPG Meeting on Political Finance yesterday at the Parliament to discuss provisions of the political finance bill that will be presented to the government. The APPG comprises members of parliament from across the board and members of civil society organisations including Ideas, C4 Center and The Bar Council. C4 Center will continue […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]