Thursday, January 26, 2017
Malaysia drops one spot in latest Corruption Perceptions Index
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ranking on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) dropped by one place in 2016, with the country now ranked 55th out of 176 countries.
Malaysia also dropped one point in the index, scoring 49 out of 100, said a report by global graft monitor Transparency International.
Denmark and New Zealand came in as joint first places as "clean" countries, while Somalia with a score of 10 came in last, preceded by South Sudan which scored 11.
According to the report, 69 per cent of the 176 countries on CPI 2016 scored below 50, adding that this year, more countries declined in the index, not improved.
The CPI scale indicates that zero is perceived to be highly corrupted while 100 is perceived to be very clean.
Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Datuk Akhbar Satar, at a press conference today, explained why Malaysia's CPI index dropped despite the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) aggressive war against corruption.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Something fishy is going on with the corruption-related arrests in Malaysia
Photo : Asia Correspondent
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) seized RM550,000 (US$123,000) worth of cash in different foreign currencies, including British Pounds, Euro and Singapore Dollars, from his house in Subang Jaya.
Since the arrests, more cash and gold bars worth an estimated RM5 million (US$1.1 million) have been seized. Arif and his two sons are now under remand for investigation until Jan 11.
This is just the most recent of many cases
of blatant alleged corruption in Malaysia involving a high ranking
government official.
Prior to this, the director and deputy director of the Sabah Water Department were arrested for alleged corruption in October of last year. Although the individuals involved were not ministry secretary-generals, they were still high ranking officials.
The amount of money involved in the Sabah Water Department case was much more obscene than the latest case. The MACC found RM52 million (US$12 million) in cash in their houses and then an additional RM60 million (US$14 million) in their bank accounts, totalling an estimated US$26 million. And that is in cold hard cash.
Read more at Asian Correspondent
Prior to this, the director and deputy director of the Sabah Water Department were arrested for alleged corruption in October of last year. Although the individuals involved were not ministry secretary-generals, they were still high ranking officials.
The amount of money involved in the Sabah Water Department case was much more obscene than the latest case. The MACC found RM52 million (US$12 million) in cash in their houses and then an additional RM60 million (US$14 million) in their bank accounts, totalling an estimated US$26 million. And that is in cold hard cash.
Read more at Asian Correspondent
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Another Top Malaysian Official Charged With Corruption
Picture Source : Channel NewsAsia
KUALA LUMPUR: The former CEO and managing
director of Malaysia's Tekun Nasional was charged with two counts of
corruption on Monday (Jan 9).
Abdul Rahim Hassan pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM36,000 (US$8,000) from a debt collection company in 2015. Tekun is a government agency that provides financing to Bumiputera entrepreneurs, or indigenous and ethnic Malay entrepreneurs.
Abdul Rahim is the latest top official to be hauled to court by Malaysia's anti-corruption commission.
Last week, the graft busting body arrested the secretary-general of the rural and regional development ministry and his two sons after it unearthed gold assets and cash worth about US$600 million in several safe deposit boxes.
In December, a former director of the Sabah water department, his wife and a former deputy director were charged with misappropriating funds totalling about US$14 million as well as for unlawfully possessing luxury goods.
"We are very upset, we are very sad that things happened and we hope these things can be resolved quickly," said Malaysia's Second Minister for International Trade and Industry Ong Ka Chuan. "We hope there's no future ... misappropriation of public funds. This will not bring a good image to the country and impact investor confidence."
Abdul Rahim Hassan pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM36,000 (US$8,000) from a debt collection company in 2015. Tekun is a government agency that provides financing to Bumiputera entrepreneurs, or indigenous and ethnic Malay entrepreneurs.
Abdul Rahim is the latest top official to be hauled to court by Malaysia's anti-corruption commission.
Last week, the graft busting body arrested the secretary-general of the rural and regional development ministry and his two sons after it unearthed gold assets and cash worth about US$600 million in several safe deposit boxes.
In December, a former director of the Sabah water department, his wife and a former deputy director were charged with misappropriating funds totalling about US$14 million as well as for unlawfully possessing luxury goods.
"We are very upset, we are very sad that things happened and we hope these things can be resolved quickly," said Malaysia's Second Minister for International Trade and Industry Ong Ka Chuan. "We hope there's no future ... misappropriation of public funds. This will not bring a good image to the country and impact investor confidence."
Read more at Channel NewsAsia
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Friday, January 6, 2017
MACC arrests ministry sec-gen
Raid target: MACC officers arrested Mohd Arif at his house in Subang Jaya as he was about to leave for work. Source : The Star
PETALING JAYA: Three months after trailing him, the Malaysian-Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) moved in and arrested Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman at his home just as he was about to leave for work.
Gold bars, 150 luxury handbags, branded watches and foreign currencies were found after officers searched the property in USJ3, Subang Jaya, for 12 hours.
The gold bars and Australian and Euro currencies seized were estimated at RM3mil.
The designer handbags were from brands such as Chanel, Hermes, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci.
When contacted, MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki confirmed the arrests of Mohd Arif, 59, and his 29-year-old son at their home at 8am yesterday.
He said the case was being investigated for abuse of power, corruption and money laundering.
Read more at The Star
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