{"id":17798,"date":"2020-12-02T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=17798"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T03:25:41","slug":"pac-views-the-global-corruption-barometer-asia-report-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/pac-views-the-global-corruption-barometer-asia-report-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"PAC views the Global Corruption Barometer Asia Report seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Press Statement by PAC Chairman and MP for Ipoh Timur, Wong Kah Woh on 2 December 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1) The Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) views seriously the Global Corruption Barometer Asia Report published by Transparency International (TI) which found that 71% of Malaysians believe that corruption in the government is a serious problem and that 39% of Malaysians believe that corruption has increased within the past 12 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) The same report also showed that 30% of Malaysians feel that the government haven\u2019t done its best in fighting against corruption and 13% of Malaysians have given bribes to the civil service within the past 12 months. Meanwhile, the satisfaction rate for MACC is at 74%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) At the same time, 25% of Malaysians surveyed opined that the President\/Prime Minister is corrupt, and this is higher compared to 9 other Asian countries which are Taiwan (24%), Maldives (22%), Bangladesh (20%), Indonesia (20%), Myanmar (18%), China (15%), Vietnam (8%), Philippines (7%) and Cambodia (7%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

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PAC Chairman, Wong Kah Woh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

4) Furthermore, 36% of Malaysians surveyed opined that their Members of Parliament are corrupt, and this is higher compared to 7 other Asian countries which are Bangladesh (18%), Taiwan (17%), Myanmar (14%), Philippines (12%), China (11%), Cambodia (6%) and Vietnam (6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Parliament\u2019s PAC opines that these figures show Malaysians\u2019 lack of confidence in the integrity of our nation\u2019s public administration and its personnel. Factors that contributed to such a situation must be identified and efforts towards fighting corruption must be increased. Moreover, the efficacy of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) should be studied considering the timeframe of the report\u2019s questionnaire were administered during NACP\u2019s implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) Parliament\u2019s PAC will be inviting Transparency International to give us a briefing regarding the Global Corruption Barometer Asia report that was published. PAC will also be inviting the MACC Chief Commissioner to give us a report and comment on the Global Corruption Barometer Asia report. Furthermore, MACC will also give a brief on the direction of its fight against corruption and improving the integrity of our nation\u2019s public administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wong Kah Woh,<\/strong>
Parliament\u2019s PAC Chairman,
MP for Ipoh Timur. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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