ACC bins Bangladesh graft report

ACC Commissioner Md Sahabuddin speaking to reporters on the graft report published by Transparency International on Wednesday. Photo: TV grab

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today rejected the survey report of Transparency International that said that Bangladesh was ranked 14th in the global graft index.

“We have rejected the data used in the survey,” ACC Commissioner Md Shahabuddin told reporters at his office hours after the report was made public at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.

Shahabuddin also said that they will scrutinise the report further.

The survey observed that Bangladesh dropped two notches down in the graft index as the country could not fulfill its promises towards curbing corruption.

It also identified the political and administrative influences on Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and its administrative power as a key reason behind the situation worsening.

In response to this, Bangla daily Prothom Alo adds, Shahabuddin said the allegation was baseless and that the anti-graft commission was more proactive than ever before.

“That is why corruption has come down in Bangladesh,” he said.