Corruption Perception Index 2023: Malaysia’s score raised by three but the shadow of undelivered reforms still hangs over unity government
01 FEBRUARY 2024 PRESS STATEMENT The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) notes the release of Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2023. Malaysia is ranked at the 57th spot out of 180 countries with a score of 50 out of 100. The CPI findings revealed that Malaysia’s score increased three points […]
COVID-19 and Governance: A Qualitative Study on Government Aid with Communities from Bentong, Pahang and Selayang.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a global health crisis with far-reaching effects that extended beyond the areas of health alone. Communities that were already disadvantaged were more adversely affected such as the B40 group, women, and children of schooling age – all faced problems relating to loss of income or decrease in quality of life. The […]
The National Anti-Corruption Plan – countless broken promises due to politicking and power struggles
Following the historic results of the 14th General Election in 2018, a renewed sense of hope for reforms against corruption towards better governance emerged, following the scandal-ridden days of Barisan Nasional and Najib Razak’s administration. The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government sought a holistic solution to corruption by launching the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019 – […]
MyGov Reform Tracker Report
C4 Center started tracking developments on the implementation of the NACP since it was launched. A total of 11 out of the 115 initiatives are being tracked by C4 Center. Two other initiatives which are not part of the NACP, (Anti-Party Hopping Law and Environmental Governance) are also being tracked and included in this report […]
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) scandal – the crooks and villains behind Malaysia’s defence procurement laid bare
The LCS scandal that has plagued headlines for weeks now is rapidly revealing itself to be another iteration of the Scorpene submarine scandal that further sullied the already tarnished reputation of former Defence Minister and Prime Minister and current convict Najib Razak – all with similar players and modus operandi. As the audit report by […]
PFI: THE SEARCH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
Pembinaan PFI, a government-linked company (GLC), had been created to implement a policy called Private Finance Initiative (PFI) by getting loans from Pension funds worth RM30 billion, using government lands as collateral and sub-leasing these lands back to the government for a whopping RM29 billion! In C4 Center’s PFI Report, we’ve divulged all the information […]
PFI: THE SEARCH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
Pembinaan PFI, a government-linked company (GLC), had been created to implement a policy called Private Finance Initiative (PFI) by getting loans from Pension funds worth RM30 billion, using government lands as collateral and sub-leasing these lands back to the government for a whopping RM29 billion! In C4 Center’s PFI Report, we’ve divulged all the information […]
IPCC Bill’s Passing a Step Forward for Malaysia – a Step closer to a Police State
02 AUGUST 2022 Response to the Passing of the IPCC Bill On Tuesday, 26 July 2022, Parliament passed the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) Bill 2020. Originally conceived as an independent body to provide oversight and ensure accountability over the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP), a cursory reading of the IPCC Bill is more than enough […]