Malaysia / FOI / New Zealand
INFO: Malaysian anti-graft agency can only probe money-laundering activities involving corruption, official says
An official of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said the agency can only investigate suspected money-laundering activities involving clear elements of corruption, highlighting the body’s limitations in what it can and cannot look into.
Read the story in The Malay Mail. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/macc-can-only-probe-money-laundering-activities-involving-corruption-offici
COMMENTARY: Is Sunlight Really a Good Disinfectant? The Equivocal Evidence on Freedom of Information Laws and Corruption
"I count myself firmly in the camp of those who tend to believe that FOI laws are useful anticorruption tools, especially given the strong evidence that citizen and media access to government information can indeed help reduce corruption and hold officials accountable. … And because of this, I would expect the evidence to indicate that when a country (or sub-national jurisdiction) adopts a stronger FOI law, corruption should decrease afterwards. But I’ve been looking into the research on this recently, and most of the results don’t fit well with my expectations."
Read the full post by Matthew Stephenson, editor-in-chief, Global Anticorruption Blog.http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/02/16/is-sunlight-really-a-good-disinfectant-the-equivocal-evidence-on-freedom-of-information-laws-and-corruption/
INFO: Immigrants' attitudes to corruption worries New Zealand's Serious Frauds Office
New Zealand's record inbound migration has undermined the country's squeaky-clean reputation because of an inflow of people from countries where corrupt practices are the norm, according to the Serious Fraud Office.
Read the article in Share Chat. http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/b64171f3/immigrants-attitudes-to-corruption-worries-sfo.html