Anti-Corruption in ASEAN: Promoting the Independence of Anti-Corruption Agencies

Tran Thi Quyen
Hanoi Law University

This study surveyed anti-corruption agencies (ACA) in ASEAN member states (AMS), commenting on their effectiveness and how some lack independence. It concludes by explaining why Singapore’s ACA should be a model for other AMS.

The ASEAN Ideas in Progress series is a collection of in-progress papers, in the early and fluid ‘ideas’ stage, produced from the (2021–ongoing) ASEAN Law Academy Conference on ‘The Rules-Based ASEAN Community’. Please click here to access the working papers published thus far: https://cil.nus.edu.sg/research/asean-law-and-policy/asean-ideas-in-progress/