UNDP gender event recording / Philippines IT procurement case / Malaysia protection racket

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Gender Diversity for a Fair Business Environment (Event recording).  On International Women’s Day (8 March) UNDP in Asia and the Pacific’s high-level panel discussed how business integrity goes well beyond anti-corruption compliance, and touches upon diversity, inclusion and gender equal leadership. The event recording can be accessed via the link below. At the event, we also launched our new report, Gender Diversity and Inclusion for a Fair Business Environment: An ASEAN Narrative”.

Direct link to report: https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/gender-diversity-and-inclusion-for-a-fair-business-environment.html

UNDP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qHQ7AQLGRA&ab_channel=FairBizASEAN  

 

Former Sorsogon governor convicted of graft.  “The Sandiganbayan [Philippine anti-graft court] convicted former Sorsogon [province] Gov. Raul Lee [to 12 years’ imprisonment] over the irregular purchase of computers, software and other equipment in 2005…He was also barred from holding public office.”

Nikka G. Valenzuela/Inquirer: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1408340/former-sorsogon-governor-convicted-of-graft  

 

Crackdown on protection racket.  “A syndicate offering protection to errant lorry drivers has been smashed with the arrest of its members, most of them Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be casting a wider net to nab other suspects including more JPJ personnel who allegedly accepted bribes to protect lorry operators who committed traffic offences.”

Mazwin Nik Anis, Ivan Loh, Rsn Murali and N. Trisha/The Star: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/03/17/crackdown-on-protection-racket

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