CPIB - Corruption cases down to 7-year low. Most cases from pte sector

[Confuseous]

Screaming from today's ST front page:

Corruption cases down to seven-year low
Majority of last year's 183 cases originated from private sector

Singapore has been consistently ranked as one of the world's least corrupt countries, coming in fifthy out of 183 countries last year in corruption watchdog Transparency International's annual list.

Of the 138 cases the CPIB investigated last year, 75% came from the private sector.

The number of files opened by the graft police has been falling since 2005, when it investigated 428 cases. In 2010, it probed 206 cases.

 

[Leongsam]

As you can see from the figures, the government is cleaner than the private sector. In most countries, it is the other way round.

I urge ordinary Singaporeans to emulate the government sector in the fight against corruption. The private sector is tarnishing the reputation of Singapore Inc.

Those of you in this forum who work in the private sector should be ashamed of yourselves.

 

[Television]

Govt sector practices Legal corruption.

 

[Rogue Trader]

[Breaking News] Sinkie corruption is now lowest in 7 years!!

Corruption cases now lowest in 7 years

From left: Peter Lim, ex-SCDF chief; Ng Boon Gay, ex-CNB chief; and Tey Hsun Hang, law professor at NUS. The three are among those being investigated in high-profile corruption cases this year.

AsiaOne
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012

The number of graft cases investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is at a seven-year low, the government agency said in its annual report.

According to the report, CPIB investigated a total of 138 cases in 2011, 75 per cent of which were from the private sector.

This is a drop from the 428 cases opened in 2005, continuing a trend of declining cases in the past seven years. Corruption has become a hot topic in the past year, as a number of high-profile cases involving public servants have made headlines.

Among those who have made headlines are Ng Boon Gay and Peter Lim, the former chiefs of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) involved in sex-for-contract scandals; Professor Tey Tsun Hang from the Law faculty at National University of Singapore linked to a sex-for-grades scandal; and a National Parks Board official in the Brompton bicycle purchase controversy.

The lower number of cases opened is believed to be a result of fewer complaints received.

A seven-year low of 757 complaints were received last year, CPIB said. Some of these complaints also lacked substantial information needed to launch probes.

Cases involving false marriages and scapegoat cases have also been removed from the CPIB portfolio and passed on to other enforcement agenccies since 2008.

Statistics show that the number of people charged for corruption has been declining since 2009.

Of the 135 people charged in 2911, 10 were from government agencies, statutory boards and government-linked companies. Many of those from the public sector who were charged were also found guilty.

In general, an estimated 92 per cent to 96 per cent of the cases opened in the past seven years resulted in conviction.

Associate Professor Ho Yew Kee from the National University of Singapore Business School told the Straits Times that the lower numbers could indicate that companies have improved their internal spot checks, and did not require CPIB involvement.

Singapore is known to be one of the most corrupt-free countries in the world, ranking fifth out of 183 countries in corruption watchdog Transparency International's annual list last year.

 

[Cruxx]

Re: [Breaking News] Sinkie corruption is now lowest in 7 years!!

The number of graft cases investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is at a seven-year low

Hmm..I wonder what that means.

 

[po2wq]

Re: [Breaking News] Sinkie corruption is now lowest in 7 years!!

Hmm..I wonder what that means.

officers r all shaking legs? ... crooks haf gotten smarter? ... iz a 7 yr itch! ...

 

[streetsmart73]

Re: [Breaking News] Sinkie corruption is now lowest in 7 years!!

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. i always sarpok that only dafter sheep believe in those figures reported.
3. no eye see!

 

[halsey02]

As you can see from the figures, the government is cleaner than the private sector. In most countries, it is the other way round.

I urge ordinary Singaporeans to emulate the government sector in the fight against corruption. The private sector is tarnishing the reputation of Singapore Inc.

Those of you in this forum who work in the private sector should be ashamed of yourselves.

Of course, we have the least corrupted government on this planet earth, no need to explain this. But they are clever in defining "corruption' in the public sector & the private sector, one is "lapses" & the other is accepting bribes.

If you say that the private sector is tarnishing the image of SINgapore INc? then, we should abolish the private sector, in this way, SINgapore INc image can never be tarnished.

 

[meowwind]

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked.

 

[Prometheus888]

AIM!!! AIM!! AIM!!!

CPIB!!! Please do some real anti-corruption work for a change!!!!

 

[sleaguepunter]

the cpib ppl must had been "eating snake" for the last seven years.

make me wonder whether this latest statistic from cpib machiam the same as the one from anti-nacrotic ppl.

 

[ray_of_hope]

This is another accolade to add to the many SG has -- everyone is able to buy flats with $1k salary/mth; $8 heart surgery; crime rates keep falling year after year.

 

[blackmondy]

Screaming from today's ST front page:

Corruption cases down to seven-year low

Hello why Shitty Times dun dare say sex scandals in gahmen sector up to a seven-year high ?

 

[GoldenDragon]

the cpib ppl must had been "eating snake" for the last seven years.

make me wonder whether this latest statistic from cpib machiam the same as the one from anti-nacrotic ppl.

CPIB depends on complaints from members of public. If no complaints, no work for them. Yes, they are a laid back organisation.