Police chief says he does not believe corruption survey reflects public opinion, The Daily Star reports
NEW DELHI (TrustLaw) – Bangladesh’s police chief has questioned the findings of Transparency International’s recent survey on corruption, saying that he did not believe it reflected public opinion, The Daily Star reported on Tuesday.
Inspector General Hassan Mahmood Khandaker said he doubted the survey was credible given that only 1,049 people had been interviewed to evaluate a large organisation such as the country’s police force.
“I personally believe the report is incomplete,” Khandaker was quoted as saying during a speech at the Retired Police Officers Welfare Association in Dhaka. “TIB (Transparency International Bangladesh) should be more cautious while conducting surveys on service-oriented organisations like the police, public administration and political parties.”
Last week the anti-graft organisation published its annual Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of public attitudes towards and experience of corruption, which found that Bangladesh’s police, civil servants, political parties and the judiciary were considered to be the most corrupt in the country.
According to the survey, 45 percent of respondents said they had paid bribes for services that they were entitled to, including police and judicial services, licences, permits and utilities such as water and electricity.
The police chief said that while some police officers were not free from corruption and greed, the whole organisation should not be blamed for a few, according to the paper.
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