October 17, 2012
UN Representative: Mainstream Media is misread him upon Corruption
by Susan Loone@www.malaysiakini.com
Dimitri Vlassis (above), who is arch of UNODC's crime as well as mercantile crime branch, pronounced a little of his comments as well as responses during a press discussion hold in Kuala Lumpur 10 days ago were misunderstood or taken out of context. Vlassis pronounced he longed for to suggest clarifications as hence those comments were "misinterpreted as well as might have combined erroneous" impressions.
According to a UN representative, he commended a MACC for organising 
the 6th annual discussion as well as general meeting of a International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) in Kuala Lumpur.
During a press conference, Vlassis pronounced he was asked about a IAACA discussion as well as whether it was value a expenditure. "I responded which IAACA was a usually home of anti-corruption agencies as well as which a discussion served a really utilitarian purpose of bringing those specialised agencies together, helping them sell views as well as experiences as well as strengthen general cooperation.
"UNODC has been a believer of IAACA given a establishment as well as considers every opportunity to achieve those goals a ! estimabl e one," he combined in a matter to Malaysiakini yesterday.
"I commended a MACC for organising a discussion as well as thanked it for a hospitality to all participants, including to me as well as other colleagues from UNODC or UNDP."
'Anti-corruption campaigners horrified'
The MP for Ipoh Timor, Lim Kit Siang, took Vlassis to charge for a comments reported by a mainstream media, particularly a October 7 New Straits Times report, which Lim saidhad "horrified" anti-corruption campaigners in Malaysia.
Malaysiakini had sent Lim's matter to Vlassis via a UNODC's informal secretariat based in Bangkok, Thailand, upon October 10, for his response.
Lim, who is DAP national adviser, pronounced a criticism by Vlassis was a "major blow" as well as undermined efforts to get Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's government to find a domestic will to fight corruption, generally those involving tip domestic as well as open personalities.
Vlassis was additionally asked to justify his matter upon MACC's performance, given a Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) had indicated Malaysia's ranking as well as measure for 2011 to be a lowest upon record.
Lim had additionally slammed Vlassis for regulating a IAACA Conference to run down a credibility as well as usefulness of a TI CPI, by dismissing it as "outdated", "counter-productive" as well as "does not serve anyone's purpose".
As a result of a comments, Lim added, Vlassis appeared to be
In response, Vlassis pronounced he was asked about crime in Malaysia as well as responded which he was not in a in front of to pass judgment upon a matter since it was beyond his mandate and, therefore, inapt to evaluate a country's performance.
No criticism upon review
He pronounced Malaysia was being reviewed this year underneath a Implementation Review Mechanism of a UNCAC as well as a reviewers were a Philippines as well as Kenya.
The examination was proceeding during a sprightly pace, which was an denote of how severely Malaysia was taking a participation in a mechanism.
"Then we pronounced which we could not go in to any further details, or criticism upon a results of a review, since we was bound by a avocation of confidentiality imposed upon me," Vlassis said.
"In reply to a subject upon Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, we pronounced which this was an important tool in raising awareness around a globe, obscure tolerance of crime as well as keeping a issue high upon a domestic as well as governmental agendas," he added.
"However, we expressed misgivings about a continued usefulness, in perspective of a fact which a complexity of crime does not lend itself to efforts to revoke everything to a singular figure as well as embody it in an index."
Vlassis pronounced a Implementation Review Mechanism excluded a ranking of states as it has proved which such rankings might be counter-productive.
Countries, he added, should compare themselves usually to themselves! as well as not to others, as there were countless nuances in a implementation of a convention.
He additionally pronounced he did not have a meeting with Najib as well as merely shook a budding minister's hand upon a lectern during a opening of a conference, where he spoke before Najib did.
"At a press conference, we pronounced which in all anti-corruption efforts, in both a open as well as in isolation sectors, a tone from a tip was pass as well as which Najib's participation during a opening of a discussion carried symbolic significance," Vlassis added.
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