Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (27 Jan 2015)

27 January 2015 Today's top story China: China's anti-graft unit tells sports to play fair, drop gold medal fever Reuters China's sports regulator has pledged to drop the nation's obsession with gold medals after the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog warned of the damaging extent of match-fixing and cheating in sports.

More news Bulgaria: Bulgarians see little progress in judiciary reform, corruption fight – survey The Sofia Globe Hungary: National tax office sues anti-corruption watchdog for defamation Politics.hu Iran: High-profile fraud case rocks Iran Financial Times Kenya: Corruption protest in Kenya's Maasai Mara region turns deadly Reuters South Korea: Former Navy chief under probe over suspected graft Yonhap Tanzania: Tanzania’s energy minister resigns over payment scandal Interfax US: Head of Justice Department anti-corruption section leaving Associated Press US: Top Walmart official says retailer strives to prevent corruption San Francisco Chronicle

Blogs and opinion Indonesia: Weakening of the KPK: Corruptors’ fight-back manual The Jakarta Post (TI mention)

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