Malaysia moved up three places on Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perception Index. The report measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 175 countries, giving each a score of between 100 (perfect) to 0 (highly corrupt). Denmark topped the charts with a score of 92, followed by New Zealand with a score of 90. Malaysia still has a way to go, coming in at 50th place (with a score of 50), up from 53rd place last year.
The target of 30th place by 2020 seems increasingly unlikely given the that Malaysia has only moved up six places in the last four years, as efforts to fight corruption were accelerated as part of the Government Transformation Programme.
The report also indicated that 39% of Malaysians thought public sector corruption had become worse in the last year. Clearly, despite big efforts on the part of MACC and the NKRA Against Corruption, there is still a lot more that needs to be done to persuade people that things in Malaysia have changed on the corruption front. Corruption is a particularly difficult evil to eradicate, and it is widely recognised that it takes time and a very strong commitment to see major changes.
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