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Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. INFO: India anti-graft agency to rate public sector firms on integrity, honesty .  India will for the first time rate its central public sector enterprises, banks and government departments on a scale of transparency in an Integrity Index being compiled by the Central Vigilance Commission. Siddhartha Rai/ India Today: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/central-vigilance-commission-to-rate-public-sector-firms-on-integrity/1/689401.html INFO: Thailand pushes for setting up of criminal court for corruption cases .  A criminal court in charge of handling corruption cases has been proposed by the National Reform Steering Assembly. Thai Visa News: http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thai-nrsa-pushes-for-setting-up-of-criminal-court-for-corruption-cases/144929/ INFO: Pakistan anti-graft agen...

Dear AP-INTACT colleagues, The link to a recent post “Indonesia anti-graft agency launches web-based learning medium” contains a reference to an Anti-Corruption Learning Portal launched by Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).  The correct address of the portal is http://aclc.kpk.go.id/ . Thank you to Doris Becker, Programme Director, Transforming Administration - Strengthening Innovation (TRANSFORMASI), Coordinator Good Governance and Global Networks, DeutscheGesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Indonesia, for providing the correct web address. The Facilitation Team

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) From the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with support from the Australian Government. Updates shared by Annika Wythes, Mihaela Stojkoska, Luisa Senibulu, and Samita Singh. If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. COOK ISLANDS: Finance Minister confirms audit hold ups.   The Cook Islands Finance Minister, Mark Brown, has confirmed the government's consolidated accounts have not been audited for three years. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/306473/cooks-finance-minister-confirms-audit-hold-ups PNG: Police Arrest Corruption Fighter Matthew Damaru.  The police officer in charge of fighting corruption in Papua New Guinea has been arrested. https://pasifik.news...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. INFO: Indonesia anti-graft agency launches web-based learning medium.  Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has launched Portal Anti-Corruption Learning, a web-based anti-corruption learning medium to support the Corruption Prevention Program interactively by making use of information technology. Antara News: http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/105135/indonesia-kpk-launches-web-based-anti-corruption-learning-medium INFO: OSCE concludes anti-corruption needs assessment mission in Mongolia .  A three-day national anti-corruption needs assessment mission conducted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, upon invitation of Mongolia’s Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC), concluded 10 June in the capital, Ulaanbaatar.  O...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. INFO: Myanmar gem firms say US$100m ‘missing’ from industry fund .  An embezzlement probe has been launched after nearly US$100 million (RM416 million) vanished from a fund set up by Myanmar’s gem companies, a trade body said, raising corruption fears in an industry notorious for its shady dealings. Malay Mail Online: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/money/article/myanmar-gem-firms-say-us100m-missing-from-industry-fund INFO: In India, dial 1031 to complain about crime, corruption .  On 8 June, the Union Territory of Puducherry, in India, will activate a toll-free number (1031) to receive complaints of corruption and crime. The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/Now-dial-1031-to-complain-about-crime-corruption/articleshow/52550657.cms COMMENTARY: Cor...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. COMMENTARY: Reward a criminal to catch a criminal [in the Philippines] .  "From 2009 to 2013, one country in the world recovered the equivalent of P617 billion in public funds that were lost to corruption. Out of this recovered amount, P91 billion was paid to private individuals who provided inside information that enabled their government to discover corruption-tainted transactions." Jose Ruel Butuyan/Philippine Daily Inquirer; http://opinion.inquirer.net/94873/reward-a-criminal-to-catch-a-criminal COMMENTARY: Not impossible to fight graft [in Malaysia] .  "To effectively fight corruption, we must first adopt a strict “no compromise” stance. Then, we must be realistic. Federal ministers, deputy ministers, state Cabinet/exco, MP and assemblymen must have at least a 50 per cent in...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. COMMENTARY: Going Cashless to Fight Corruption - The Case of Kenyan Public Transit .  "In the fight against petty corruption, a potentially game-changing development is the rise of cashless payments. In a world where people do not use or carry cash, petty bribes to traffic cops or low-level government bureaucrats are either foolish—in that they require a processing mechanism and are therefore easy to detect—or altogether impossible." Daniel Binette, Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/05/23/going-cashless-to-fight-corruption-the-case-of-matatus/ INFO: Panama Papers -- The New Zealand - Kazakhstan connection .  "The exiled leader of a former Soviet republic and a well-connected New Zealand lawyer, who divides his time between Auckland and a chic home...