Cynthia Gabriel: Timid Girl From Assunta to Award-Winning Anti-Corruption Activist

Cynthia Gabriel, Founding Director & Senior Advisor, Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4)

10-Mar-23 15:00

Cynthia Gabriel: Timid Girl From Assunta to Award-Winning Anti-Corruption Activist

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Cynthia Gabriel is a human rights activist and one of the founding directors of C4, which is the Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism. Over the past 20 years, she has dedicated her life to fighting corruption and promoting accountability and transparency in Malaysia. Cynthia Gabriel played a significant role in exposing and fighting against the corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak. She has also received numerous awards including the prestigious democracy award from the National Endowment for Democracy at the United States Congress.

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