THE government should consider the proposal to put the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) under Parliament in order to strengthen the role of MACC in combating corruption in the country and towards the agency.
Recently, many were shocked over the 2017 global corruption index from Transparency International which ranked Malaysia at number 62 among 180 countries and with a scored of 47 points. In 2016, Malaysia ranked 55 among 176 countries, with a score of 49. In 2015, Malaysia ranked 54 out of 168 countries, with a score of 50. The sudden drop in the global corruption index clearly indicates to us that many things need to be done in order to ensure our long battle against corruption has not been hampered.