Survey Says Malaysian Police and Politicians Most Corrupt
Worldwide, one person in four has paid a bribe to a public body in the last year, according to a survey carried out in 95 countries by Transparency International. In Malaysia, the police and political parties are perceived to be the country’s most corrupt institutions.
By Sadho Ram — 10 Jul 2013, 09:00 AM — Updated over 10 years ago
Survey: Police, politicians Malaysia’s most corrupt
The police and political parties are perceived by Malaysians to be the country’s most corrupt institutions, according to a Transparency International survey.
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Over three in four people polled viewed the police as corrupt, landing Malaysia’s law enforcers as the ignoble leaders of Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer for 2013.
While Malaysia moved to 54th from 60th place among 176 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index last year, it was ranked last for bribery among 30 countries surveyed.
thestar.com.myThe survey also noted that more Malaysians have resorted to paying bribes. Of 1,000 people surveyed by TI-M from September 2012 to March this year, 3% said they had paid bribes against 1.2% in 2011.
thestar.com.myCivil servants and public officials came in third in the survey, at 46 per cent, just ahead of Parliament, which was seen as corrupt by 44 per cent of respondents.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan said an overwhelming majority believed that ordinary people could make a difference, while almost 80 per cent would report an incident of corruption.
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Corruption in other countries
Corruption is widespread and growing worldwide, causing people around the world to lose faith in their governments, a new survey reveals.
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More than half of the 114,000 people in 107 countries surveyed by a corruption watchdog Transparency International believe corruption has become worse in the last two years, and more than one in four paid a bribe in the last 12 months.
Russia is one of only seven nations, including Libya, Pakistan and Serbia, where public servants are seen as the most corrupt of 12 institutions, according to the survey.
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Some 73 percent of Israelis believe state agencies bow to foreign pressure; 12 percent of Israelis have reportedly bribed a government agency in the past year.
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The good thing is that..
The good news is that survey participants believe they can combat corruption. Almost nine out of 10 said they would act against corruption and two-thirds of those asked to pay a bribe had refused. That suggests that governments and businesses should do more to help people thwart corruption.
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“Bribe paying levels remain very high worldwide, but people believe they have the power to stop corruption and the number of those willing to combat the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery is significant, “ said Huguette Labelle, the Chair of TI.
forbes.comAbout Transparency International
Transparency International is a global organisation that campaigns against corruption. It has 90 chapters worldwide and tries to raise awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works to develop and implement measures to tackle it.
In 2013 Transparency International published the Government Defence Anti-corruption Index with which corruption in the defence sector of 82 countries was measured. Some governments expressed criticism towards the methodology of the report.
Transparency International was founded in May 1993, with the participation of Peter Eigen, a former regional director for the World Bank. In 1995, Transparency International developed the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).