TI-CPI ranking: I would resign if I were MACC chief, says Rafizi

Rafizi Ramli today said he would resign if he were the MACC chief commissioner after Malaysia dropped to 62nd spot in Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), the same ranking that the country scored at the height of the 1MDB scandal in 2017.

In a statement today, the PKR deputy president censured Azam Baki for saying yesterday that the CPI ranking does not necessarily reflect the actual corruption situation of a country.

Rafizi said Azam was...