KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia dropped one point in Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2016. It is now ranked 55 among 176 countries, with a score of 49 out of 100. In 2015, Malaysia was ranked 54 out of 168 countries, with a score of 50. Singapore is ranked seventh with a score of 84 (eighth with a score of 85 in 2015). Laos improved to 123 (139 in 2015) with a score of 30 (25) while Myanmar is ranked 136 (147) with a score of 28 (22).

Source: The Star January 25, 2017 04:43 UTC