Corruption: Dont bark up the wrong trees, govt told

Dec 6: Harakahdaily

Veteran DAP personality Lim Kit Siang has rubbished a plan voiced by a government's Performance Management & Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) to hold a march for members of parliament upon avoiding corruption, observant a authorities were barking up a wrong tree.
According to Pemandu, a march will be conducted by a Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission as well as a Attorney General's Chambers commencement nexy year.

But Lim pronounced a genuine conflict was "grand corruption" during a tip echelons of power.
"The MACC as well as a AG's Chamber should not be barking up a wrong trees as they should know where a priorities in fighting corruption, generally grand corruption, should lie.

"Let me tell MACC as well as a AG's Chambers that a obligatory priority in a conflict opposite graft in Malaysia is for MACC as well as AG's Chambers to conduct a march upon crime for a Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Mentris Besar as well as Chief Ministers particularly Sarawak as well as Sabah as well as tip government officers together with a Attorney-General, Tan Sri Gani Patail himself, if Malaysia is critical in its fight opposite 'grand corruption'," pronounced Lim in his response.

Lim challenged MACC as well as AG's Chambers to additionally conduct a march training leaders to be responsible when critical crime allegations were publicly done opposite them "including clearing their names as well as substantiating their reputation in a courts of law".

'Nothing to celebrate'

Lim duration pronounced there was zero to celebrate over Transparency International's latest Corruption Perception Index that saw Malaysia's ranking starting up to a 54th position compared to 60th last year.

Accord ing to Lim, one reason Malaysia's ranking softened was a brand new methodology used in a survey.
"The total number of countries assessed in a TI CPI 2012 have been reduced from 183 countries last year to 176 countries this year as well as TI has used a brand new methodology, declaring that country scores of a CPI 2012 cannot be compared opposite those of 2011 or prior editions," he said.

Lim further added that Malaysia was still far behind most alternative nations in combatting corruption.

"Since 1995 Malaysia has been overtaken by South Korea as well as Taiwan while most countries are closing a crime gap, generally Turkey that was ranked No 29th with a CPI score of 4.1 in 1995, but that has caught up with Malaysia with both equally ranked during No. 54 with a score of 49 in a 2011 TI CPI."

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