PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s ranking within the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) can improve with actions by the authorities to combat corruption and abuse of energy, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (pic).
The Minister within the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) stated motion by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the police, amongst others, has resulted in a constructive notion of the nation’s combat towards corruption.
“I am confident that our ranking on the CPI will improve as action by the authorities will give a positive impression (that) corruption is (being) dealt with,” he stated on Friday (Jan 28).
He stated the CPI is predicated on publicity and consciousness that corruption is going on in a rustic.
“If there is corruption in a country but cases and issues are not raised, then the perception is that such incidents do not or rarely happen there.
“Perception can also be positive when there are actions by the authorities to tackle corruption,” he stated.
Malaysia dropped 5 locations to 62nd place out of 180 nations in Transparency International’s CPI 2021 report.
In 2020, Malaysia was ranked 57th out of 180 nations, scoring 51 out of 100 factors.
Transparency International-Malaysia had stated earlier that this was a worrying development, because the nation had seen a decline for the previous two years following adjustments of presidency in 2020 and 2021.
TI-M president Dr Muhammad Mohan stated Malaysia had regressed as institutional reforms stalled owing to an absence of political will to desk the Political Financing Bill, the watering down of the proposed Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill and the dearth of progress on reforms to the MACC.
