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These days, rather than be a politician himself, Dani wants to be a political watchdog. He founded an NGO two years ago called INPO, initiative for progress, which has a dozen young staff members who report to him. The organization, which takes pains to stay independent from any political party or business interest, aims to hold politicians' feet to the fire and convince citizens to do the same: protesting against missing traffic lights at a busy intersection, investigating candidates for conflicts of interest, running a get-out-the-vote drive. "It's not only about the idea of democracy...
...nationality. Many local companies are leaving, too, investing so much offshore that as much money now leaves Malaysia as is attracted to it. "There's no question we accomplished a lot over the past 50 years," says Ramon Navaratnam, president of the Malaysia office of Transparency International, the corruption watchdog. "But if we don't face up to [our] problems, we will not be able to sustain the same level of success over the next 50 years...
...peace and harmony" by blacking out debate over Islam's role in the state. The censorship disappoints journalists who were pleased when Abdullah initially allowed for more freedom of expression than predecessor Mahathir. In October, Malaysia received its worst-ever ranking in the worldwide press-freedom index compiled by watchdog Reporters Without Borders, falling by 32 places to No. 124. The drop was due, in part, to two separate cases in which a blogger and a publisher of an online newspaper were both pulled in for official questioning. "There's lots of intimidation toward people who speak out," says Steven...
...Should my tax dollars be spent on a multimillionaire's travel? Absolutely not," says Daniel Borochoff, president of charity watchdog American Institute of Philanthropy. "Wink-wink, nudge-nudge deals like this ruin the integrity of the whole sector...
...Committee's Organization Department. Despite some signs of improvement, such as a growing reliance on investigators from distant regions in big cases to reduce the chance that corrupt officials can rely on local connections to avoid punishment, fundamental weaknesses remain. Corruption-fighting efforts are subject to political interference, and watchdog powers of the press and citizens are limited. "The other side is missing," says Yan Sun, a political scientist at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York...