Alarming position for Malaysia now...What say you Najib?
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia dropped 9 places to 56th position out of 180 countries surveyed in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009, the anti-corruption watchdog announced on Tuesday, Nov 17.
Malaysia's decline from 47th spot in 2008 is the steepest among the Asean countries in the ranking this year, although it fares better than all member countries except Singapore (3rd) and Brunei (39th).
In the latest survey, Malaysia scored 4.5 points out of 10, where 0 means highly corrupt, and 10 is the best possible score.
"A fall of 0.6 from 5.1 in 2008 to 4.5 in 2009 is alarming not only to the people of Malaysia but also the government of the day," said Transparency International Malaysia president Datuk Paul Low at a press conference here to announce the survey results.
He attributed Malaysia's poorer showing to the perception that there had been little progress in combating corruption and that political will was lacking in implementing effective anti-corruption measures.
"There are several examples in the survey period giving rise to grave concern," said Low. "They include no action being taken against parties implicated in tampering in the appointment of judges, the Port Klang Free Zone fiasco, where the cost rose from an estimated RM1.1 billion to RM4.7 billion and a possible RM12.5 billion, and political crossovers particularly in Perak."
New Zealand ranked No.1 in the CPI 2009 with a score of 9.4, followed by Denmark (9.3), and Singapore and Sweden in joint 3rd and 4th place with 9.2. In fifth spot was Switzerland (9.0).
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