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PETALING JAYA: According to the recently released “Global Corruption Barometer for Asia 2020”, Malaysians viewed Parliament, the police and the government as institutions most likely to be corrupt.
Published by Transparency International (TI), 20,000 people were surveyed in 17 Asian countries, and the Malaysia portion of the study was conducted between July 2019 and June 2020.
Of those surveyed, 36% believed that “most or all of the people” in Parliament were corrupt, with the police and government officials the next most selected responses with 30% and 28% respectively.
In total, 71% of Malaysian respondents said that they felt that government corruption was a “big problem”.
However, 67% said they believed the government was doing a good job in fighting corruption, and Malaysia did well in other respects compared to the rest of Asia.
Up to 7% of Malaysians reported that they had been bribed for their vote in an election, a lower percentage than the Asian average of 14%, and 15% said they had taken advantage of connections when accessing public services compared to the Asian average of 22%.
In a statement accompanying the results, TI-Malaysia President Muhammad Mohan said Malaysians still had high hopes.
“It is clear that the Rakyat believe that we can all fight corruption and we have not lost faith in law enforcement or public services despite their experiences.
“If the government wants to improve its image among the rakyat it serves, the government must act together. The National Anticorruption Plan must be implemented and enforced without delay, amendment, dilution or change of direction, ”he said.
He also called for the Political Financing Law to be presented in Parliament to limit and control monetary policy, party switching and election-related bribery.
“Strong political will is needed if we are to make Malaysia known for its integrity and not for its corruption.”
