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.
C4: Don’t put the lid on 1MDB investigations
KUALA LUMPUR: The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4) has urged the Attorney-General (AG) to urgently concede to requests for Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) by countries investigating the 1MDB Scandal. “We remind him that he must work for public interest, as he’s paid by taxpayers,” said the NGO’s Founder Director Cynthia Gabriel in a […]
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 […]
Press freedom crucial for clean, accountable governance
In the spirit of World Press Freedom Day, the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) denounces the Malaysian government’s increasing attacks on our press, the fourth estate of realm of a society. Since the 13th general election, the government has been widening its control over the press, using oppressive laws that violate freedom of […]
End secrecy laws now, reform OSA and protect whistleblowers
The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) is shocked by the recent arrest of whistleblower Rafizi Ramli, and strongly condemns the authorities’ rash action. Rafizi Ramli, the Pandan Member of Parliament (MP), was detained by 10 to 15 policemen while exiting the Parliament building on Tuesday for blowing the whistle on maladministration, and has […]
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 […]
Hiding the 1MDB Audit Report behind the OSA, contradicts the underlying function of the audit itself
The Auditor general is duty bound to declassify the report immediately, given huge public interest involved. The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) strongly condemns the Auditor-General’s (A-G) decision to classify the final federal audit report on the highly controversial 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) 1972. While the […]
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.