Malaysia Anti-Graft Chief Urges Transparency in Political Cash
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Malaysia’s anti-corruption minister said his nation needs greater clarity in political financing and government-procurement practices, while defending the handling of its missing airliner as transparent.
“The apex of any fight against corruption has to do with the political integrity first,” Paul Low, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said in an interview in Singapore yesterday. Procurement should use more open bidding and fewer direct negotiations, and the nation could follow countries such as Germany and South Korea in devising methods for state financing of political parties rather than have too much money come directly from individuals and companies, he said.