Malaysia is a country built on perception. Reality may be far from what we are fed to believe and certain truths are either over-glossed or seriously under-rated by the powers that be.
Najib Razak is struggling to regain his public image and if you read the mainstream media he is having the upper hand, but reality speaks otherwise. And while Malaysia has a well-oiled government-controlled propaganda machine in place to puff its leaders up, and create perceptions that are favorable for the country, reports and studies that sit outside the reach of the BN tell a different story.
The Corruption Index from Transparency International is always controversial.
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is the world's most credible measure of of domestic, public sector corruption.
The folly of perceptions: When a leader starts to believe in his own PR
