Bekas pengarah Perbadanan Putrajaya didakwa terima rasuah

MStar | Seorang bekas pengarah Perbadanan Putrajaya hari ini mengaku tidak bersalah di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini atas tuduhan menerima rasuah berupa tiket kapal terbang ke London.

Datuk Shahoran Johan Ariffin, 56, didakwa menerima tiket kapal terbang pergi balik dari Kuala Lumpur ke London bernilai RM3,022 daripada seorang kontraktor, Yaacob Hassan melalui Azizi Johan Ariffin sebagai dorongan untuk memberikan kerja-kerja projek Taman Putra Perdana kepada Fortress Synergy Sdn Bhd yang dimiliki Yaacob melalui Kenas Prima Sdn Bhd.

Dia didakwa melakukan kesalahan itu ketika bertugas sebagai Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Landskap dan Taman Awam, Bahagian Perancangan Bandar, Perbadanan Putrajaya.

Shahoran turut mengaku tidak bersalah atas tuduhan pilihan menerima rasuah daripada Yaacob yang diketahuinya adalah pemilik syarikat Fortress Synergy Sdn Bhd yang ada kena mengena dengan urusan rasminya sebagai pengerusi Mesyuarat Penilaian Tender bagi kerja penyelenggaraan projek Taman Putra Perdana di Putrajaya.

Syarikat Yaacob itu telah memperoleh kerja tersebut melalui Kenas Prima Sdn Bhd. ... selanjutnya.

Graft cost country RM10 billion a year

sun2surf | Corruption, if left to fester, can cause the country to lose RM10 billion a year in domestic growth.

Pemudah, the government's special task force to facilitate business, gave this cost of corruption statistic in pushing its case for the Anti-Corruption Agency to be given a quick fix and a much-needed shot in the arm to give investors confidence to do business here.

Statistics made available to theSun show the ACA's performance is dismal -- it has only investigated 10.1% or just 7,223 cases out of the total of 71,558 reported between 2000 and 2006.
Pemudah co-chairman Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon told theSun in a recent interview that the statistics and dismal results could pose bigger problems for the country in years to come. “Something must be done fast as the actual situation is a serious cause for concern,” he said.

“The ACA must be given more resources to work with, including an increase in budget by the Government. It is about time to seriously consider recruiting foreign officers to work with the ACA on a contractual basis to solve more cases.”

Yong said World Bank statistics show that corruption can reduce the country’s growth rate by between two and four per cent and this translates to a loss of up to RM10 billion a year.
He said although the ACA is trying to better itself, the figures speak for themselves and paint a gloomy picture of things to come.... selanjutnya.

Negara rugi RM100 billion akibat Rasuah

Sejak tahun 80an negara telah rugi sebanyak RM 100 billion akibat rasuah yang berleluasa. Korang cuba bayangkan berapa banyakkah jumlah nilai ini? Bentuk bentuk pembangunan yang ada sekarang cumalah secuit dari jumlah wang yang dikeluarkan.

Kerajaan cuba sembunyi kerugian sebenar akibat rasuah?
SK - Taksiran jumlah kerugian negara akibat gejala rasuah yang dijawabkan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Nazri Aziz pada sesi soal jawab lisan bercanggah dengan jumlah yang diperolehi Pakatan Rakyat melalui laporan yang dikeluarkan Morgan Stanley. Berdasarkan laporan Morgan Stanley, sebuah dana syarikat antarabangsa terkemuka menyatakan bahawa sejak 80-an hingga kini, jumlah kerugian yang membabitkan amalan rasuah di Malaysia adalah sebanyak USD100 billion. Angka ini bercanggahan dengan jumlah yang dijelaskan menteri berkenaan yang melibatkan kerugian hanya RM270 juta.

Lantaran fakta yang dikemukakan Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) dalam soalan tambahannya kepada menteri berkenaan, Nazri sebaliknya hanya meminta agar pihak Morgan Stanley memaklum dan mengemukakan perkara tersebut kepada pihak kerajaan..... selanjutnya.

Kita tak terasa kerana selama ini kita asyik di tipu. Hakikatnya .... Memang senang nak tipu orang Malaysia ni.

Scandal of Lim Kok Wing's University

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Scary stories, so sad for those involved ¡K To all mothers with teenage and young daughters.

Subject: Beware of local university's African students..!!

Please pass the news and warn the parents, government, students and society. This is true and all happened within these two years!

I have a friend's daughter who is studying in Limkokwing University , and she was kidnapped by a Botswana student studying there as well. The African is 37 years old!
The daughter was kidnapped and managed to escape from that African. However, she had been raped, beaten, tied up and punched by the man. That bastard even got
his African friends ( Botswana students too) to rape the daughter. Now the daughter is in trauma.

Because of this case, I have investigated amongst the Limkokwing students, and there are more serious cases that had been happening within these two years. Please
read and spread the news to your friends, it's not rumours. Trust me, or you may ask any of the Limkokwing students! I am sad as it is all covered up by the Limkokwing's
president - Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Aku keliru ... siapa yang lebih berkuasa? Undang undang atau wang?

Pengarah Bomba KL ditahan BPR

utusmeloya - Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) Sarawak menahan Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur kerana disyaki terlibat dalam rasuah membabitkan wang suapan berjumlah RM925,000.

Menurut kenyataan BPR di sini hari ini, suspek berusia 45 tahun ditangkap di ibu pejabat BPR, Putrajaya pada pukul 11.55 malam, 11 Jun lalu.

``Suspek disyaki menerima suapan daripada seorang lelaki di Jalan Ampang untuk menyokong cadangan pembangunan dan pembinaan bangunan pejabat dan bengkel untuk Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Sarawak pada 31 Julai 2003.

``Pada waktu kejadian, suspek merupakan Penolong Ketua Pengarah di Bahagian Perancangan, Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan di ibu pejabat Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat di Putrajaya,’’ katanya.

Katanya, suspek ditahan selama lima hari sehingga 16 Jun ini di bawah Seksyen 11(a) Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1997.

Menurutnya, jika sabit kesalahan, suspek boleh dikenakan hukuman penjara mandatori tidak kurang 14 hari dan tidak lebih 20 tahun.... selanjutnya.

Malaysia semakin terkenal .... tahniah Pak Lah

Tahniah Pak Lah .... akhirnya rasuah kita semakin cemerlang, terbilang, tak boleh nak bilang ....

Malaysia has been deteriorating steadily over the past decade in its efforts to reduce corruption, according to a UN report and is a long way off from matching the standards set by Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, the top three Asian countries who are least corrupt.

Launching this year’s Asia Pacific Human Development Report published by the UN Development Programme in Kuala Lumpur Thursday (12 June), Transparency International (TI) Malaysia, Ramon V Navaratnam said, according to the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG), “Malaysia’s position has been deteriorating steadily over the last decade from 4.00 in 1966 to 2.38 in 2006.”

This compares with Singapore’s ranking which improved from 4.00 to 4.50 over the same period, making it the least corrupt Asian nation ahead of Hong Kong and Japan. However, both Hong Kong and Japan actually slipped in their anti-corruption ranking from 5.00 to 4.00 and Japan from 5.00 to 3.50 over the same period respectively.... selanjutnya.

Ini pula berita di www.lse.co.uk Kita terkenal di mata dunia ... yahooooooo !!!

Malaysia's corruption at critical level - watchdog
Corruption in Malaysia has reached a critical level as the country falls in international rankings, a graft watchdog announced Thursday, warning the government to act or lose its competitiveness.

The UN's Asia-Pacific Human Development Report highlighted an International Country Risk Guide finding which saw Malaysia decline from a score of 4.00 in 1996 to 2.38 in 2006, with a lower score representing greater corruption.

'It is worrying because it is a business index which reflects on our domestic investment, foreign direct investment and confidence in the economy,' said Ramon Navaratnam, country head of graft watchdog Transparency International.

'Corruption is at a critical level here,' he said.

He said corruption in Malaysia was deeply entrenched in the negotiation of contracts. Bribes were paid to government officials to speed up trade licences, for police protection and for loan transactions.

'Our economic structure, the way we do business here, needs to be reviewed, renewed and redesigned,' Navaratnam said, warning that Malaysia could lose its competitive edge if it remained 'complacent and inefficient.' ...read the rest.

CORRUPTION IS WORSENED IN MALAYSIA

Philippines, Thailand among most corrupt Asian economies: survey
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The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and China are among the most corrupt Asian economies, according to results of a regional poll of expatriate businessmen released Monday.

Singapore and Hong Kong retained their rankings as the cleanest economies, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) said.

The annual survey covers only 13 economies in Asia and excludes other countries notorious for corruption, such as Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Some 1,400 expatriates were polled in January and February this year, PERC said.

Corruption remains a problem in the region despite huge economic progress made over the years, with governments generally lacking the political will to tackle the problem, the Hong Kong-based PERC said.

"The Philippines is a sad case when it comes to corruption," the consultancy said in a summary report made available to AFP.

The Philippine situation is "probably no worse than in places like Indonesia and Thailand" but corruption has become politicised and is openly discussed in the media, unlike in authoritarian countries like China and Vietnam, it said.

The Philippines scored 9.0 out of a possible 10 points under a grading system used by PERC under which zero is the best score and 10 the worst.

As in the 2007 survey, Thailand remained the second most corrupt economy after the Philippines with a score of 8.0 after the military, which seized power in a coup in 2006, was seen to have failed to tackle the problem.

"The kingdom's economy has been marking time for two years while it sorts out political problems in which allegations of corruption figure prominently," said PERC.

Indonesia, which ranked behind Thailand with a score of 7.98, has made improvements under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but the perception of the civil service as one prone to graft remains strong, said PERC.

"International ratings agencies might have improved Indonesia's foreign and domestic currency debt ratings recently, citing the government's efforts to tackle corruption... however, the problem is still very serious," said PERC.

Corruption is also perceived to have worsened in Malaysia, which scored 6.37 in the survey, worse than last year's grade of 6.25, but the country retained its number six ranking in the poll.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's failure to carry out his promise to fight graft was one of the key reasons his ruling coalition suffered its worst ever results during last Saturday's elections, PERC said.

"A promise to fight corruption was the main campaign theme that won (Abdullah) a big increase in voter support in the last national elections (in 2004)," the consultancy said.

The pressure is now on Abdullah, who rejected pressure to step down despite the poll setback, to show he is serious about fighting corruption in his second term as prime minister, said PERC.

China's score worsened to 7.98 from 6.29 last year with corruption seen to be as widespread as ever despite Beijing's efforts to clamp down on it.

"The economy is growing so rapidly that even low-level officials are able to amass illicit fortunes.

"The penalties for getting caught might be draconian, but graft is so widespread and the potential rewards so great that people seem to be more than willing to take the risks."