Malaysia's enforcement leading / Indonesia targets corporations / COVID-19 emergency procurement

M’sia ahead of Asian peers in enforcing anti-graft law against directors — ICDM.  “Malaysia is ahead of most of its Asian peers in introducing an anti-corruption law that will hold directors personally liable for graft practices within commercial organisations, says the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).”

Muhammed Ahmad Hamdan/The Edge Markets: https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/msia-ahead-asian-peers-enforcing-antigraft-law-against-directors-%E2%80%94-icdm   

  

Indonesian anti-graft enforcers set their sights on a new target: corporations.  “Indonesian law stipulates that corporations, not just the people who own and work for them, can be held responsible for crimes. But a lack of clarity as to how corporate corruption charges should be prosecuted and a perceived lack of willingness among judges to punish the private sector have made doing so seem unfeasible to law enforcers, who did not pursue such cases until recently.”

Ian Morse/Mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/indonesian-anti-graft-enforcers-set-their-sights-on-a-new-target-corporations/        

 

Emergency Procurement for COVID-19: Buying Fast, Open and Smart (Blog).  “There are clear rules about fairness and non-discrimination on how the government should buy things. There must be rules for exceptions too. Even as priorities change, procurement must remain transparent and accountable, and be grounded in sound, participatory decision-making.”

Gavin Hayman/Open Government Partnership: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/stories/emergency-procurement-for-covid-19-buying-fast-open-and-amart/