Malaysia PM priorities / India anti-corruption campaign / International Anti-corruption Court

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Malaysia's new PM says will prioritize stamping out corruption, abuse of power.  ‘“The government under my leadership will prioritize efforts to increase the integrity and good practices by government. This includes efforts to stamp out corruption and abuse of power and improving enforcement and the relevant laws, regulations and practices,” Muhyiddin said in his first speech since being sworn in as premier’

Joseph Sipalan/Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-politics-muhyiddin/malaysias-new-pm-says-will-prioritize-stamping-out-corruption-abuse-of-power-idUSKBN20P1Z1

 

India Failing To Make Progress In Its Campaign Against Corruption (Opinion).  “India’s enormous economic promise makes it virtually impossible to ignore. But companies conducting business there need not look any further than the latest [Corruption Perception Index] to recognize the formidable risks India poses to their operations.”

Ronak D. Desai/Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronakdesai/2020/03/03/india-failing-to-make-progress-in-its-campaign-against-corruption/

 

U4 Brief on “An International Anti-Corruption Court? A Synopsis of the Debate” (Blog/Resource).  “this U4 Brief is meant to provide some general background information and a succinct summary of (1) the strongest arguments in favor of creating an IACC, (2) the strongest criticisms of the IACC proposal, and (3) an overview of some other approaches to the grand corruption and impunity problems.”

Matthew Stephenson/The Global Anticorruption Blog:  https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/02/27/u4-brief-on-an-international-anti-corruption-court-a-synopsis-of-the-debate/ 

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