KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 17 -- Transparency Malaysia International (TI-M) has urged Election Commission (EC) to be transparent in its investigation of the recent MySPR data leak and said that the government has not taken the matter seriously.

"Media reports last week revealed that data from the voting portal MySPR was publicly on sale on the internet.

"It was also reported that the caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob had merely urged the Election Commission to probe the matter," said TI-M president Muhammad Mohan in a statement released today.

He added that this is a recurring problem and a serious national issue that has been responded to with lackluster assurances of action and investigation by ministries and agencies t...