Response to comments post CPI ranking by Transparency International-PEMANDU

In reference to the rent survey release by Transparency International on the corruption Perception Index and the corruption barometer on 1 december and chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’ recent statement.

Firstly, let’s put some factual perspective on the surveys, outline and positives and learning gained from the surveys.

The Government Transformation Programme (GTP)

Here, we would like to perhaps be a little more reflective of the work done thus far instead of talking a my topic view that the success of the programme has derailed. The corruption NKRA is but on of the 7 NKRA identified by the government.

In the course of the last 24 months since the GTP was implemented, Malaysia has recorded outcomes that has impacted the community very positively across the NKRAs of reducing time, improving urban public transport, rural basic infrastructure, improving student outcomes. The results of these were evidently published in the Annual Report in March this year. The Annual Report clearly detailed what was achieved, what was not and some of challenges the Government needed to tackle moving forward.

In July this year, the Government had also announced a new NKRA to manage the cost of living, with cash aid and book vouchers as initial initiatives being made available to families with school going children.

We are under no illusion that the Corruption NKRA is a challenge but it is a challenge we are not backing down from.

We should be mindful that the CPI is only reflective of one area of corruption occurring in Malaysia, in this case Grand Corruption. It is not a measure of the entire Corruption NKRA and definitely not of the GTP on the whole.

Improvement in the Corruption Barometer survey

A large focus of the media and of your publication has been on the Corruption Perception Index in which Malaysia’s score suffered a slight dip from 4.4 in 2010 to 4.3 in 2011. However, little has been said about the Corruption Barometer, a public survey that was announced on the same day by Transparency International.

The Corruption Barometer (CB) measures the perception of the public on the Government’s effort to fight corruption 49% answered that they felt that the Government’s efforts were effective. This clearly shows there has been icrease from 48 per cent in the previous year when the Corruption NKRA was introduced. In that sense the momentum was not only maintained but showed that the Corruption NKRA proved effective, as the CB was only rated at 28% in 2009. This also show that public perception towards petty corruption, efforts and initiatives implemented thoughout 2010 and 2011 are being felt acknowledged by the public.

Some of deterrent measures such as the Name and Shame Database, the Whistleblower Protection Act and the establishment of the compliance units within the 5 key enforcement agencies are building blocks that have contributed to the positive sway. These initiatives have also hit the right chord with foreign embassies expsressing their desire to use the name and shame Database as a references point when processing visa applications, making the burden on the corruption offenders even hevier. As with the Whistleblower Protection Act, enforcement agencies have begun to receive reports and compliance units run integrity testing on all their officers to ensure the highest standards of ethic and integrity.

The CPI Score & Ranking

The total score of 4.3 in 2011 is accumulated from 12 survey, which is 3 more survey done in comparison to the 9 done in 2010. The 3 are the Political Risk Services Country Guide, the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index and Transparency International’s Bribe Payer Index (BPI).

Benchmarking against the 9 original surveys conducted in 2010, Malaysia has in 2011 increased its scores in 5 of the key surveys. Amongst which, the PERC AsianIntelligence Survey, Malaysia increased from 3.5 in 2010 to 5.7 in 2011 in the WEF Executive Opinion Survey. The Bertelsmann Transformation Index also saw an increase from 4.5 in 2011 to 4.6 in 2011.

Of the new surveys, the BPI is a survey in 2011 and conducted to measure the propernsity of Malaysians to paying bribe to other parties outside of Malaysia. It is also the only one conducted amongst 28 countries instead of all the countries that has been ranked in the CPI. Given that the CPI ranking is made up of an average score across all surveys conducted, the 28 countries in which had the BPI would naturally be impacted either positively or negatively.

The component that was used in the overall CPI was the perception of the businessman surveyed of corrucption in this country. Therefore, we do have to examine all the other surveys individually, in order to gauge our progress further in this area.

Moving forward

Throughout 2010 and 2011, we have been able to put in place basic building blocks to effectively address the issue of petty corruption. As evidenced by the Corruption Barometer (CB) released by TI, there has seen a slight increase over last year’s rating.

We relies a lot more focus is needed on the initiative to combat grand corruption if anything, the CPI has clearly shown that we need to address Grand Corruption as it impedes our overall CPI scoring.

This issue requires institutional and structural reforms. The government recognized this. In fact the Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission (MACCD) is doing just that under Dato’ Sri Abu Kassim, the Chief Commissioner of the MACC. Effort have already been initiated to combat grand corruption, with the MACC putting in place a transformation programme, which among other things aim to strengthen their forensic investigative capabilities.

We plan to also put more effort on delivering initiatives such as introducing a transparent consultation process for new laws as well as political financing,

We are studying the detail of the CPI report and we will continue to work with TI, MACC and all other relevant agent agencies to drive towards making required improvements.

written back by 

Rahmat

Wartawan SPRUMT

Educating Youth on Transparency

With the lunching of agent lang, official “spokesperson” of an inter-agency anti-corruption campaign in year 2010, the anti-cooruption message is now not only being targeted at adults , but also Malaysian youth. According to Agent Lang’s official factsheet, the mascot is coloured in black and white as symbolise that corruption has no grey area, while his superpowers include an eagle-eyed ability to spot and eradicate corruption with his twin swords. The five government agencies involved in this new campign comprise the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Police (PDRM), Road Transport Department (JPJ) and Royal Customs and Immigration Departments. This also reflected in the setting up of a single hotline number (1800-88-6000) for the public to lodge reports of graft.

The reaching out to Malaysian youth to combat corruption mirrors effort by other governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world. Over the past years, issues of ethics, anti-corruption and transparent governance have begun to resonate globally among an increasingly younger, well-connected and more politically and socially aware generation.

In November 2006, the Guatemala declaration on young people’s engagement was signed. This was part of the 12^th International Anti-Corruption conference in Guatemala, highlighting the role of youth in promoting honest and ethical governance. According to this highlighting, most of the asean countries have ran a video clip competition in order to share ideas and values with other youth. Additionally in an effort to support anti-corruption campaign, MACC have introduce anti-corruption education in universities through a clab named Sekretariat Pencegahan Rasuah Institut Pengajian Tinggi (SPR-IPT). This club will be functioning as MACC’s eyes,ears and also as official spokesperson of MACC in spreading the word.

Global and national efforts have also been going, with unconventional media being used to raise awareness. One of the activities was PSA Video Competition, a video clip competition among universities students entitle “Corruption is about harm”. This competition have reach its target audience as anti-corruption message have been presented in creative way which is nearer to youth heart. Importantly, all the activities can raise awareness on corruption.

From Asean countries, SPR-IPT and the rest of the world, it is clear that to nip corruption in the bud, the key is the education of youth. In line with this, the lunch of Agent Lang shows that Malaysia through MACC is very committed to endure corruption in Malaysia.

Integriti & Rasuah (Penerangan ringkas dan padat)

Apa itu Integriti?

INTEGRITI

Kuantiti unggul yang wujud secara keseluruhan dan padu pada individu dan organisasi. Integriti etika dan pencerminan etika dalam tindakan sehari-hari. Dengan kata lain integriti adalah prinsip moral dan etika hidup yang baik.

Nilai-nilai integriti yang murni yang perlu ada bagi setiap individu

Amanah

Boleh dipercayai dan jujur semasa menunaikan sesuatu pekerjaan

Bertanggungjawab

Sentiasa memikul sesuatu tugasan dengan penuh tanggungjawab dan berkewajipan

Ikhlas

Melaksanakan tanggungjawab dengan jujur, suci hati dan rela hati tanpa mengharap sebarang balasan

Dedikasi

Rela melunaskan sesuatu pekerjaan dengan penuh kesungguhan dan komitmen yang tinggi

Sederhana

Mengamalkan sikap tidak keterlaluan dan tidak menyukarkan diri sendiri mahupunorang lain.

Tekun

Mesti menunjukkan sikap kerajinan, kesungguhan dan beretika tinggi dalam melaksanakan ssuatu pekerjaan

Bersih

Sentiasa mengamalkan sikap rohaniah dan jasmaniah yang murni bagi menghasilkan tindakkan yang baik dan suci.

Berdisiplin

Komited, tertib serta mengikut peraturan dalam melaksanakan tanggungjawab yang telah diamanahkan.

Bekerjasama

Mempraktikkan amalan kerja nerpasukan dan permuafakatan demi mencapai matlamat bersama.

Berbudi mulia

Memupuk pengamalan sikap dan tindakkan yang suci dan berpaksikan kepada keadilan serta kebaikan masyarakat umum.

Apa itu rasuah?

Rasuah berasal daripada perkataan Arab yang berbunyi al-Risywah. Di dalam Al-Quran, rasuah digolongkan dalam kata umum batil, iaitu meliputi juga jenayah lain seperti merompak,memeras ugut dan menipu. Oleh yang demikian rasuah boleh di katakan sebagai perbuatan memberi atau menerima imbuhan hasil dari perbuatan si penerima yang melakukan perbuatan yang diminta oleh pemberi. Malah selalunya ada unsur jahat  seperti penindasan, salah guna kuasa dan pemalsuan dokumen serta melibatkan penjawat awam mahupun pekerja swasta. 

Apa kaitannya integriti dan rasuah?

Apabila seorang individu itu memiliki nilai-nilai integriti yang tinggi maka sudah pasti individu itu tidak akan melakukan apa-apa perbuatan yang tidak bermoral dan tidak beretika serta tidak akan melakukan sesuatau yang menyalahi undang-undang. Secara tidak langsusng individi terbabit tidakkan akan terlibat rasuah dan sentiasa menjauhi jenayah kolar putih ini. Malah individu berintegriti ini lah yang akan bersama-sama Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) membanteras jenayah ini dengan melaporkannya kepada pihak berkuasa.

pendek kata "Integriti meningkat, Rasuah menurun"

Ahmad Amir Asyraf Bin Ahmad Munir

Ketua Editor blog merangkap Timb.Presiden SPRUMT

2011/2012

Sekapur Sirih

  Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera kepada semua pembaca blog rasmi bagi Sekretariat Pencegahan Rasuah Universiti Malaysia Terengganu(SPRUMT). Pertama sekali, saya selaku ketua editor blog ini mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi ucapan terima kasih kepada anda semua yang sentiasa menyokong usaha kami dalam memberikan informasi dan kesedaran kepada semua masyaraakat tak kira pelajar mahupun masyarakat sekeliling khususnya mahasiswa UMT itu sendiri.

  Sekretariat Pencegahan Rasuah Universiti Malaysia Terengganu telah ditubuhkan sejak 4 tahun yang lalu dibawah dibawah kendalian Bahagian Pendidikan Masyarakat, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia  Negeri Terengganu. Kelab ini juga berada dibawah Pejabat Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni (HEPA) bagi melancarkan lagi aktivitinya di kampus. Semenjak penubuhan kelab ini beberapa tahun yang lalu, pelbagai aktiviti, kempen, seminar seperti Kempen Anti Rasuah(KEMAR), Konvensyen Integriti dan Anti Rasuah Kebangsaan(KIARA) dan sebagainya. Semua ini diadakan bertujuan memberi input kepada mahasiswa UMT tentang bahana rasuah ini. Kini, SPRUMT mengorak langkah setapak lebih jauh dengan mewujudkan blog rasminya sendiri. Blog ini bertujuan memberikan informasi terkini berhubung aktiviti yang bakal di jalankan dan yang telajh dijalankan serta memberikan informasi ringkas berhubung jenayah rasuah yang berlaku di negara kita.

Diharapkan, kewujudan blog ini dapat memberikan inspirasi kepada semua agar lebih proaktif dalam membanteras gejala rasuah ini bersama-sama kami dan bersama-sama Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia(SPRM ).

Ahmad Amir Asyraf Ahmad Munir,

Ketua editor blog merangkap Timb.Presiden SPRUMT

Sesi 2011/2012