B20 Policy Paper / Malaysia challenges reflection / Indonesia lighter punishments

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B20 Integrity & Compliance Policy Paper 2020  “This policy paper outlines three general recommendations for the G20 and covers a number of specific policy actions and considerations for each such recommendation…The first recommendation focuses on the G20 pursuing and delivering a culture of high integrity in both the public and private sectors…The second…[on] leveraging emerging technologies to manage risks related to corruption and fraud…The third…focuses on…enhancing integrity and transparency in public procurement”

 

B20: https://www.b20saudiarabia.org.sa/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/B20-Integrity-Compliance-Policy-Paper-30092020.pdf

 

We must be proactive as corruption cases getting more complex, says MACC chief.  “The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner [Datuk Seri Azam Baki] said that while the MACC tries its best to be proactive in using the latest technologies, challenges remain when the offences involve different countries…‘There is fraud, financial statement manipulation to hide illegal proceeds, and a sharp increase in the usage of financial institutions outside Malaysia to facilitate the ill-gotten proceeds and others.’”

Zakiah Koya/The Star: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/10/we-must-be-proactive-as-corruption-cases-getting-more-complex-says-macc-chief  

 

Corruption Watchdog ICW Compares Court Sentences in Graft Cases.  “The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher, Kurnia Ramadhana…announced that lighter punishments have been handed to a higher number of defendants in cases related to corruption in the first semester of 2020 from January to June.”

Friski Riana/Tempo.co: https://en.tempo.co/read/1395113/corruption-watchdog-icw-compares-court-sentences-in-graft-cases  

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