The DAP’s Lim Kit Siang demanded today the resignation of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan for Malaysia’s worst plunge in ranking in anti-graft watchdog Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index.
“This is the worse drop both in CPI ranking and score for Malaysia for any single year since the introduction of annual CPI by TI in 1995, when Malaysia was ranked No. 23 out of 41 countries, with a score of 5.28.
“This is a national shame, an indictment of the newly-formed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and a major blow for the new premiership of YAB MP for Pekan who had declared that the fight against corruption was one of the six KPI priorities of his administration,’’ Lim said in a statement today.
Transparency International said yesterday that Malaysia is now seen to be more corrupt than ever.
Malaysia now ranks 56 out of 180 countries in the world with a corruption index score of 4.5 out of 10, with 10 being the least corrupt, said the world corruption watchdog. Last year, it placed 47 with a CPI score of 5.1.
The annual TI CPI measures how corrupt a country is in the public sector based on data sourced from 13 different polls and surveys from 10 independent institutions over a period of two years. The three least corrupt countries in the world are, in order, New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore.
The decline in Malaysia’s score, from 5.1 to 4.5, may be attributed to the perception that there has been little political will or progress in combating corruption, said Transparency International.
The MACC also appears to focus on “small fish” and opposition politicians, the report noted.
Lim said today that heads should roll starting with the MACC boss’s resignation.
“The mysterious death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock on July 16 at MACC headquarters and the failure of MACC to prosecute and convict offenders in the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone and the Lingam videotape scandals are major factors for Malaysia’s worst-ever TI CPI ranking and score.
“This is confirmed by the TI statement accompanying its CPI 2009 report on the perception of ‘little progress combating corruption and a lack of political will to implement effective anti-corruption measures’ as well as the MACC’s focus on ‘small fish’ and opposition politicians.“
The veteran DAP man said Parliament should urgently debate the TI CPI 2009 ranking and score for Malaysia to take urgent and remedial measures to check the country going down the road of a failed state
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Ahmaid Said must resign. This is the last straw. This useless fella is no good.
KPI failed. So either MACC chief quit or face the sack. No such thing as chief operating officer lead by bad example and poor performance
Malaysia's poor performance in TI CPI 2009 ranking is not mentioned by RTM or TV# int he news bulettin.
How can TV1 claim to be true to its own tagline?
It goes to show that this UMNO mouthpiece will only selectively filter news to project the BN image to the Malay population.
In the end, everything is about money. All the politicking, the in fighting, the back stabbing, the false accusations, the violence, the lies, the racism, the religious tension, the red herrings, the cover ups, the bailouts, the mergers, the takeovers, the street crimes, the brain drain and so on - all come down to corruption and embezzlement of the hundreds of billions evey year. All other factors are irrelevant. When the very people who were supposed to be the corruption enforcers are themselves manipulated by the very same corrupted people, this is the outcome.
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