KUALA LUMPUR: The perception of higher corruption does not reflect the reality of Malaysia as its socio-economic status has been growing steadily.
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) senior fellow Anis Yusal Yusoff said despite Malaysia’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score of 4.3 in the Transparency International Report 2011, Malaysia’s growth rates had been consistently healthy over the past 12 years, averaging 4.8%.
