Lim Kit Siang

Will Malaysia drop to be one of the most corrupt states in Asia by the end of the decade losing out to China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines in TI CPI 2030 after being overtaken by Taiwan and South Korea in the last two decades?

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Did the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Forum 2022 held this week dealt with the burning issue of corruption in Malaysia – whether Malaysia will drop to be one of the most corrupt states in Asia by the end of the decade losing out to China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines in Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2030 after being overtaken by Taiwan and South Korea in the last two decades?

It does not appear to have done so, compounding the omission with a most misleading and tendentious speech by a former chief justice – ignoring the three elephants in the room: the 1MDB scandal; the appointment of Dzulkifli Ahmad as the MACC chief from 1st August 2016 to 14th May 2018 and the 5-point drop in score from 53 to 48 and 11-point drop in rank in two years in TI CPI 2021, the worst two years in 27 years of TI CPI.

Is Malaysia heading for the worst TI CPI score and ranking in the TI CPI 2022 which will be released next January?

Will Malaysia first lose out to China, then to India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines by the end of the decade?

As the Manifesto Rakyat on anti-corruption pointed out: “Public perception of corruption in Malaysia has rapidly deteriorated over the last three years. According to the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International , Malaysia scored 53 out of 100 in 2019, the best score in a decade but slid down to 48 in 2021. A systemic, whole-of-society response is critically required to address this trend.”

The relevant parliamentary select committees should summon the MACC Chief Commissioner to testify what is being done to ensure that Malaysia will not drop to be one of the most corrupt states in Asia by the end of the decade losing out to China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines in TI CPI 2030 after being overtaken by Taiwan and South Korea in the last two decades?

The hope that Malaysia might become one of the world’s top 30 countries in public integrity by 2030 under the Pakatan Harapan government was destroyed by the Sheraton Move conspiracy on Feb. 26, 2020.

The country was promised that under the former UMNO-BN regime in the last decade that Malaysia would achieve the target to be in the top 30 countries in the world in public integrity and anti-corruption.

Studying the TI CPI ranking and score for the 24-year series of TI CPI from 1995-2018, there was no ground for anyone to believe that the target of Malaysia being ranked in the top 30 countries of TI CPI could be achieved.

Countries which had been down on the list of the TI CPI ranking in the first series in 1995, like China, Thailand, India and Indonesia, were fast catching up to Malaysia’s level, which had regressed since 1995.

Fortunately, this trajectory was stopped when the Pakatan Harapan government took over, and in the TI CPI 2019, Malaysia achieved the best TI CPI performance in 25 years with a single-year improvement of six points for TI CPI score and 10 placings for TI CPI ranking – a ranking of No. 51 and score of 53 out of the 100.

Now we are back on the slippery slope of corruption as before the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 and the worst is yet to come from Azam-gate and worsening of the system of integrity in public life.

From the TI CPI records of the Najib administration from 2010-2018, it is likely that China would have overtaken Malaysia in the TI CPI series before 2030.

This was stopped by the 14th General Election in 2018 as the 22-month Pakatan Harapan government made it quite an impossible task for China to overtake Malaysia in TI CPI reports.

But with the Sheraton Move conspiracy and the two backdoor Muhyiddin and Ismail Sabri governments, China may overtake Malaysia in both TI CPI score and ranking by 2025 as China’s present score is 45 compared to Malaysia’s 48 out of 100.

The same applies to Indonesia.

In the TI CPI 2021, Indonesia is ranked No. 96 with a score of 38 as compared to Malaysia’s rank of 62 and score of 48.

The sad scenario of Indonesia overtaking Malaysia may come about before 2030 if Malaysia continues to regress in anti-corruption while Indonesia continues to make progress on this front.

The same sad story applies to India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Philippines, and if Malaysia does not buck up in the anti-corruption front, it is not inconceivable that some these Asia countries may even overtake Malaysia in the TI CPI before 2025!

The plight of Malaysia’s ant-corruption campaign is highlighted by the shocking possibility that a convicted criminal on corruption can become the 10th or 11th Prime Minister of Malaysia, which will mark the end of the Malaysian Dream of the country being a world-class great nation, better than China, Indonesia and India in many fields of human endeavour because Malaysia is able to leverage on the best values and virtues of the four great civilisations which meet in confluence in Malaysia – Malay/Islamic, Chinese, Indian and Western.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Saturday, 28th May 2022)


Adakah Malaysia akan jatuh menjadi salah satu negara yang paling korup di Asia menjelang penghujung dekad ini, ditinggalkan di belakang China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, dan Filipina dalam TI CPI 2030 selepas ditinggalkan di belakang Taiwan dan Korea Selatan dalam dua dekad yang lepas?

Adakah Forum Anti-Rasuah 2022 yang diadakan minggu ini membincangkan isu-isu penting mengenai rasuah di Malaysia – sama ada Malaysia akan jatuh menjadi salah satu negara yang paling korup di Asia menjelang penghujung dekad ini, ditinggalkan di belakang China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, dan Filipina dalam TI CPI 2030 selepas ditinggalkan di belakang Taiwan dan Korea Selatan dalam dua dekad yang lepas?

Kelihatan seperti perkara ini tidak dibincangkan, ditambah buruk lagi dengan ucapan dari seorang bekas ketua hakim yang mengelirukan dan memecah belahkan – yang telah mengabaikan tiga perkara utama: skandal 1MDB, pelantikan Dzulkifli Ahmad sebagai ketua pesuruhjaya dari 1 Ogos 2016 sehingga 14 Mei 2018, dan penurunan lima mata dari 53 markah ke 48 dan penurunan 11 anak tangga dalam tempoh dua tahun untuk TI CPI 2021, dua tahun yang terburuk untuk Malaysia dalam sejarah 27 tahun penerbitan indeks ini.

Adakah Malaysia akan menyaksikan markah dan kedudukan TI CPI terburuk negara dalam indeks 2022 yang akan diterbitkan Januari hadapan?

Adakah Malaysia akan mulanya ditinggalkan di belakang China, kemudiannya India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, dan Filipina menjelang penghujung dekad ini?

Seperti yang dikatakan oleh Manifesto Rakyat mengenai anti-rasuah: “Persepsi rakyat terhadap rasuah telah rosak teruk dalam tiga dekad yang. Menurut Indeks Persepsi Rasuah oleh Transparency International, Malaysia hanya dapat 53 markah daripada 100 pada tahun 2019, markah yang tertinggi dalam sedekad, tetapi jatuh ke 48 markah pada tahun 2021. Tindak balas sistemik yang melibatkan keseluruhan masyarakat diperlukan segera untuk mengatasi masalah ini.”

Jawatankuasa pilihan khas parlimen yang berkaitan perlu memanggil Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM untuk memberi keterangan mengenai apa yang sedang dilakukan untuk memastikan Malaysia tidak akan jatuh menjadi salah satu negara paling korup di Asia menjelang penghujung dekad ini, ditinggalkan di belakang China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia dan Filipina dalam TI CPI 2030 selepas dipintas oleh Taiwan dan Korea Selatan dalam dua dekad yang lalu?

Harapan bahawa Malaysia mungkin menjadi salah satu daripada 30 negara teratas dunia dalam integriti awam menjelang 2030 di bawah kerajaan Pakatan Harapan telah dimusnahkan oleh konspirasi Langkah Sheraton pada 26 Februari 2020.

Negara telah dijanjikan bahawa di bawah rejim UMNO-BN sebelum ini pada dekad lalu bahawa Malaysia akan mencapai sasaran untuk berada dalam 30 negara teratas dunia dalam integriti awam dan anti rasuah.

Mengkaji kedudukan dan markah TI CPI negara untuk 24 tahun dari 1995-2018, tiada alasan untuk sesiapa pun percaya bahawa sasaran ini boleh dicapai.

Negara-negara yang berada di kedudukan rendah dalam TI CPI siri awal pada tahun 1995, seperti China, Thailand, India dan Indonesia, pantas mengejar tahap Malaysia, yang telah mengalami kemunduran sejak 1995.

Nasib baik, trajektori ini dihentikan apabila kerajaan Pakatan Harapan mengambil alih, dan dalam TI CPI 2019, Malaysia mencapai prestasi TI CPI terbaik dalam tempoh 25 tahun dengan peningkatan enam mata dalam masa setahun dan 10 kedudukan – di tempat ke-51 dengan skor 53 daripada 100.

Kini kita kembali ke arah rasuah seperti sebelum Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 pada 9 Mei 2018 dan kita masih lagi belum melihat kesan daripada episod Azam Baki sebelum ini dan juga kesan daripada kemerosotan sistem integriti awam.

Daripada rekod TI CPI semasa pemerintahan Najib dari tahun 2010 ke 2018, berkemungkinan China akan mengatasi Malaysia dalam siri TI CPI sebelum 2030.

Perkara ini dihentikan oleh Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 pada tahun 2018 kerana pentadbiran kerajaan Pakatan Harapan selama 22 bulan ini menjadi suatu cabaran untuk China memintas Malaysia dalam indeks TI CPI.

Tetapi dengan konspirasi Langkah Sheraton dan dua kerajaan pintu belakang Muhyiddin dan Ismail Sabri, China mungkin akan mengatasi kedudukan Malaysia dalam kedua-dua skor TI CPI dan kedudukan menjelang 2025 kerana skor yang dicapai China sekarang ialah 45 berbanding dengan skor 48 untuk Malaysia.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Sabtu, 28 Mei 2022)

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