KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia lost RM47 billion in Gross Domestic Product value to corruption last year alone, said the Deputy Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pic) said a similar amount, about 4% of GDP, has been lost to corruption annually since 2013, according to Transparency International Malaysia. "It is more than we spend on education and is almost double the amount spent on healthcare in 2017. Dr Wan Azizah said that contrary to popular belief, corruption does not only occur at the highest levels of government. Dr Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, said the government changed overnight last May but it would take much longer for the government to address the corruption that had become endemic in various institutions.

Source: The Star December 17, 2018 06:45 UTC