The National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023 outlines 17 strategic objectives which produce 115 initiatives to be implemented by 2023 to fight against corruption in Malaysia.
Launched on 29 January 2020, the implementation of policy reforms is led by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) involving every level of the public sector and various stakeholders.
The NACP’s main aims were to create a corrupt-free nation through three specific goals involving:
— Accountability and Credibility of the Judiciary, Prosecution and Law Enforcement Agencies;
— Efficiency and Responsiveness in Public Service Delivery, and
— Integrity in Business
However, a Mid-Term Review report on the NACP was published in May 2021 which showed insignificant progress to fulfil the above objectives.
Its ‘Statement of Commitment’ revealed that focus had been placed on the country’s economic recovery resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
An unsettling political crisis also saw several governments rising and falling since Malaysia’s 14th General Election in 2018, thus pushing back reforms intended for the country in various areas and may have even affected the execution of the NACP as Parliament proceedings were suspended following an Emergency declaration by the Perikatan Nasional government in January 2021.
July 26, 2022 THE government is committed to developing an effective national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework. This is shown through the establishment of the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Authority (AML/CFT) in 2018; the adoption of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations; and the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023. […]
May 18, 2022 THE three recommendations made by the National Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) to the government will be tabled at the next meeting of the special cabinet committee on anti-corruption (JKKMAR), and later the cabinet. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the matter was […]
May 17, 2022 Malaysia’s less than encouraging Corruption Perception Index (CPI) lately is a bitter reality that needs to be accepted with an open heart, says Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali. According to Zuki, who is also the chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM), Malaysia is 62nd in the […]
April 22, 2022 Lawmakers from both the government and opposition, along with NGOs, have formed a parliamentary group to renew the push for a political financing law. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Political Financing said there has been little progress on political financing reforms in the last two years, something they hope to speed […]
April 21, 2022 The “Ulasan Lembaga Penasihat Pencegahan Rasuah (LPPR) 2020” a compilation of findings by the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board which outlines seven proposals for improvement in efforts to fight corruption in the country will soon be submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Special Committee on Corruption (JKMR) chairman Tan Sri Rais […]
December 9, 2021 Malaysia is the only country in the world that has a five-year plan for fighting corruption, says Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M). Its president Dr Muhammad Mohan said throughout his study on the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP), which was launched in 2019, he found that no other country has such a plan within […]
June 29, 2021 Sixteen departments in Perak have launched the Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) 2021-2025 to ensure the goals laid out in the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023 are achieved, said its Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad. The OACP is a fundamental anti-corruption document at the organisational level to curb weaknesses and issues regarding governance, […]
May 19, 2021 (PN) The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), on May 19 2021, announced that 29 out of the 115 initiatives in the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023 have been completed with 86 initiatives still in progress, as of December 31 last year. MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said that among the completed […]
April 06, 2021 (PN) Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali responds to the crippling of a syndicate monopolising government tenders by MACC and fully supported efforts to check wrongdoings and irregularities affecting the government delivery system. Related news: JPA to implement work rotation for officers on sensitive posts
December 9, 2020 (PN) Having adopted a comprehensive anti-corruption plan, the Seberang Perai City Council has reported a 65% drop in reported corruption cases from 2018 to 2020. The plan was awarded the ISO 37001:2016, which requires an organisation to implement an effective anti-bribery management system that detects and deals with bribery by its personnel […]
