MALAYSIA SLIDES DOWN IN CORRUPTION INDEX

Despite all the efforts by Pak Lah to fight corruption, Malaysia's corruption index has slipped down two places to 39th placing on a list of 146 countries in the Transparency International’s (TI) 2004 Corruption Perception Index.

Malaysiakini reported that Malaysia, whose ranking has been on a decline over the last few years, was placed 37th among 133 countries in 2003 and 34 among 102 countries the previous year, recording an average score of 5.

The 2004 Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index was topped by Finland which scored 9.7 out of the full 10 points, followed by New Zealand (9.6), Denmark (9.5) and Iceland (9.5). Neighbouring Singapore scored 9.3 to occupy the fifth spot.

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