Top defence firms rank low in anti-graft measures

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 Two top Malaysian counterclaim companies, Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd as well as a Sapura Group, received low scores in a 2012 Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index by Transparency International UK. They scored 2.94 as well as 13.24 respectively, out of 100.

The index totalled worldwide a sum of 129 counterclaim companies disadvantage to crime in 34 categories. For any category, dual scores were given, one based upon publicly accessible report as well as a alternative upon self-reported details.

A brand new generation section vessel built by Boustead Naval Shipyard. Picture pleasantness of Boustead Naval Shipyard

Boustead Naval Shipyard won a RM9 billion deal in late 2011 from a Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) to build as well as deliver 6 second-generation section vessels/littoral fight ships (LCS), due in 2017. The shipbuilder is part of a business empire owned by a Armed Forces Provident Fund (LTAT).

The squeeze was criticised by a opposition, especially a DAPs Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, who asked how a price tag had jumped up from RM6 billion. DCNS S.A., a French naval counterclaim association related with a RM9 billion TLDM contract, scored 30.88 upon a index.

The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) awarded a section of a Sapura Group a RM2 billion stipulate last year for Network Centric Operations (NCO). PKR vice-presidents Nurul Izzah Anwar as well as Chua Tian Chang have both questioned a projects lack of a roadmap.

The Sapura Group has been inextricable in a family feud early this year after a legal plea were filed in a High Court. Patriarch Tan Sri Shamsuddin Kadir is perfectionist that his dual sons return shares as well as properties valued up to RM450 million.

Scores were awarded in a Transparency International UK index across 5 sections, with outlines awarded for evidence of anti-corruption in leadership, personnel,! policie s, precision as well as risk management.

Texas-based Fluor Corporation scored a highest overall, scoring 85.29 for publicly accessible information, as well as 92.65 for self-reported details.

Of a 129 companies, 55 received reduction than half of a sum marks, while twenty-nine scored zero. Russia tops a list of companies with 0 marks, with 6 companies. Pakistan as well as China have three companies any scoring zero.

Just dual days ago, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak pronounced Putrajaya recognised a need for co-operation with a international village in pursuing anti-corruption efforts within a country.

His administration has done fighting crime one of its priorities by together with it as a National Key Result Area (NKRA) underneath a Government Transformation Programme (GTP), beefing up anti-graft agency Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as well as environment up anti-corruption courts.

Last year, Malaysia took 60th spot in a Corruption Perception Index (CPI), a dump of 4 places from a prior year.

It scored 4.3 upon a survey that gauges a viewed turn of public sector crime between 183 countries. The nation also ranked third between Asean nations behind Singapore (9.3) as well as Brunei (6.3).


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