PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 — Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today brushed off the criticism towards Malaysia’s latest corruption perception index score, saying the same report had commended the Anwar Administration for making some progress.

Fahmi said Transparency International-Malaysia highlighted positive achievements, including praising the government for its anti-corruption drive and the rollout of new laws such as the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

“When we studied the statement by TI-M it did state eight things that it considered to be positive on the part of the government, among others, the introduction of the Fiscal Responsibility Act,” he said at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing here.

“But at the same time, as what the Law Minister had said, we are working on a few issues this year that is quite progressive, including (the rollout) of the Parliamentary Services Act,” the minister added.

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