COMMENT | The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) takes note of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2025, which saw Malaysia improve its score by two points to 52 out of 100 points and move up three places to 54 out of 180 countries.

These findings indicate a slight improvement in how corruption is perceived in Malaysia. Though this increase appears as a step forward in the fight against corruption, C4 Center cautions the government against complacency and emphasises the need for further action in meeting its anti-corruption goals.

Malaysia’s improved CPI score could possibly be attributed to several high-profile raids and arrests conducted by the MACC. In the past year, the news cycle has been awash with photos and reports of multi-million ringgit, including...