Malaysia moves up 3 spots to be less corrupt in global graft index

President of Transparency International-Malaysia Datuk Akhbar Satar speaks during the release of the 2014 Corruption Perception Index at a hotel in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, today. – The Malaysian Insider by Najjua Zulkefli, December 3, 2014.

Malaysia moved up three spots on the latest Transparency International corruption index, a climb unhindered by its inability to plug a public sector bleeding taxpayers’ money.

The country ranked at no. 50 among the 175 countries which participated in the 2014 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Last year, it ranked 53 out of the same number of countries in the index.

Score-wise, Malaysia moved up two points to 52 from 50 last year. On the CPI, a score of 0 is "highly corrupt" and 100 is considered “very clean”.

The index ranks countries based on the perceived level of corruption in the public sector.

It is based on a combination of surveys and assessments of corruption, collected by various reputable institutions, said the body in a statement released to the media today.

- TMI