Report on The Roles and Functions of the EC and MACC in Addressing Corrupt Practices at Elections
What counts as electoral malpractice? Author: Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Political Financing and Cross Border Corruptions
In the first part of our initiative, we focus on regulating political financing. We were part of a coalition to produce a guideline entitled “Pengubahsuaian Untuk Kewangan Politik yang Telus and Bertanggungjawab di Malaysia. In the second phase of our work, we produce a report entitled Understanding Cross Border Corruption and Money Laundering: The 1MDB […]
Zooming in – an honest assessment of Freedom of Information (FOI) in Malaysia
Keynote closing address by Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Menteri Besar of Selangor, at the forum entitled “Zooming in – an honest assessment of Freedom of Information (FOI) in Malaysia” on 25th July, 2016 at Bangunan Annex, Selangor State Legislative Assembly. The document is now available for download.
Position Paper on the Official Secrets Act
“The most valuable asset to the government is protected information’. C4 Center argues for a New Freedom of Information regime and considers amendments to the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for Malaysia. After more than 40 years in force, is it time to revisit the debate? We look at what the OSA covers, the international practice of […]
An Insight to the Kelantan Timber Industry
“The story of illegal timber trade is a story of violence, killings, corruption and money-laundering.” -Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Great Flood of 2014 in Kelantan caused around 21 deaths and displaced over 200,000 people. Massive logging, or more precisely, the illegal timber trade activities in […]
Sarawak State Good Governance & Corruption Survey Findings
A majority believe that the state of corruption in the state is serious. 56% of respondents say that the level of corruption in Sarawak is serious. 19% believe that corruption levels have increased while 24% believe that corruption levels have stayed the same level as compared to a year ago. The powerpoint is now available […]
Repeal, Review or Stay? Moving from Secrecy to Open Governance
A New FOI Regime and Ammenments to OSA. The powerpoint is now available for download
Political Financing Reforms
Download the report here (19 pages, 7.2mb). Alternative Powerpoint Format download here.
Analysis of Budget 2016 and the State of Budget Transparency in Malaysia
Following the announcement of Budget 2016, various Members of Parliament and civil society organisations had attempted to point out shortcomings and anomalies in the most recent budget with the intention of recommending improvements to the governance of public resources. Following the announcement of Budget 2016, various Members of Parliament and civil society organisations had attempted […]