Unacceptable! Malaysia's score in TI corruption index slipping further

Datuk Seri Nazir Razak: "Malaysia must overcome corruption and carry out more market-oriented reforms if it is to move up from being a middle-income economy."

Nazir said this during an interview with Financial Times, and admitted that corruption remains a problem, and it is something that needs to be combated. It is easy to concur with a man of his calibre. But wait, if taking one's opinion is hard for you, just look at the following statistics made available by Transparency International.


* Datuk Seri Nazir. Photo credit: The Malaysian Insider


Corruption perception index slipping for the fourth year running

Malaysia’s score in Transparency International’s corruption perception index is slipping for the fourth year running; on a 10-point scale, where 10 represents no corruption, Malaysia dropped from 5.1 in 2008 to 4.3 in 2011? One can always argue about the methodology used in obtaining these figures, but this can at least give us some indicators:

2008 : 5.1 out of possible 10.
2009 : 4.5
2010 : 4.4
2011 : 4.3   [By comparison, Singapore index is 9.2]

The country’s ranking also fell to 60 out of 183 countries — between Saudi Arabia and Cuba — from 56 out of 178 last year. Malaysia remained the third-least corrupt nation in Asean after Singapore (9.2) and Brunei (5.2), with Thailand (3.4) and Indonesia (3.0) following in fourth and fifth places respectively.

If you ask me for figure, I'd say 3 to 4 but this is purely based on perception. No hard facts and don't ask me to show one. Perception is derived from daily experience and impression so these are all subjective.

What do you think?


Reference:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/litee/print/malaysia/corruption-blocking-malaysias-leap-into-higher-income-status-says-nazir-razak/

Statistics of the day

1 percent (1%) - is the statistic of the day.

Let me explain in mathematical term. Royal Malaysia Police has the following assets:

Number of sworn members: 102, 037
Number of Police Stations: 1,000

1% represent: (1/100) * 102,037 = 1,020 policemen

On average, for each of the 1000 police stations in Malaysia, there are at least 1 (one) policeman reported to have taken a bribe.

Do you have a police station in your area/district? It would be interesting to interpret the figures and relate them to your place and situation.

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Only one per cent of cops on take - IGP

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Bernama report) — Only one per cent of about 100,000 policemen are reported to have taken a bribe, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said today.

He warned that the number, however, could spread like cancer if the situation is left unchecked.

Ismail was quoted by Bernama as saying, “It is always regrettable to hear someone say many policemen are corrupt. This is not good.”

He also told the national news agency that he is working on inculcating a zero corruption culture in the police force and urged the public to report corrupt personnel. The performance of the Police Disciplinary Department, which was established to address police misconduct has been satisfactory, he added.