THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has embarked on “innovative ways” to fight corruption in ensuring the country moves in the right direction.

Responding to Malaysia’s progress in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019, MACC chief Latheefa Koya said her agency would remain committed in its task.

She said the MACC would continue with its efforts by taking proactive steps, especially in prevention and deterrence.

“We have, in fact, started on innovative ways to deal with this.

“We will continue to strive for greater transparency, more participation from all stakeholders and a stronger mechanism towards managing whistle-blowers’ protection.

“We are also pushing for all the various levels of government administrative bodies to step up its integrity and governance unit,” she said in a statement today.

In findings released today, TI said Malaysia moved up 10 places, underlying Putrajaya’s continuous efforts to combat graft under the new government.

With a score of 53 points, Malaysia is now ranked 51 out of 180 countries surveyed by the international graft watchdog.

Announcing the score today, TI-Malaysia president Muhammad Mohan said the improved ranking was due to a number of factors, such as swift action taken by the new government on scandals involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), SRC International Sdn Bhd, Felda and Lembaga Tabung Haji. – January 23, 2020.