Malaysia and Indonesia Fight Corruptions to Nurture Economic Development Ahead

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | December 16, 2007 by D-8 Secretariat

Malaysian Prime Minister, H.E Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi proclaimed that he does not intend to be a one-term leader, and his policies, including the campaign against corruption, are long-term plans, reported the Malaysian the Edge Daily on December 10. Urging Malaysians to give him more time to fulfill the promises he made during 2004 general elections, he said they were not to be achieved within five years but for the long haul.

“I don’t plan to come in (as Prime Minister) for five years and I’m out… I’m looking ahead and looking ahead is (the year) 2020. Don’t expect me to do things by the third and fourth year,” he said during a question and answer session after delivering a speech at the Khazanah Global Lecture Series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week.

He said the battle against corruption was “very difficult” and the problem could be tackled from the “preventive” or “curative” angles. Thus far, the government had focused mostly on the preventive aspects to fight corruption by setting up the National Integrity Institute and improving the public sector’s delivery system, he added.

He said delays in the public sector’s delivery system could lead to corruption because they motivated certain quarters to resort to bribes in order to speed up the process.

The neighbouring country, Indonesia, is also in the middle of fierce fight against corruption. The current president of the country, H.E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is leading the battle by instituting an Indonesian Commission for Corruption Annihilation (KPK) and promised to crack down all sort of corruptions in the archipelago country, to support the effort of making Indonesia a cleaner place for business and investments.

D-8 Secretariat is very keen to support all efforts of its member states to fight corruption, and to help creating a conducive business environment and boost intra-trade relation among the member. The secretariat right now is preparing a Roadmap for Dynamic Cooperation 2008-2018, with a supplement of “Monitoring and Evaluation of Doing Business in D-8 Countries” to serve the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of bureaucratic service to trade, business, investment and industries.

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