KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 -- Transparency International Malaysia has called for a Parliamentary Asset Declaration Act to be tabled and passed, which will make it compulsory for all elected representatives and senators to declare their assets, incomes and other relevant financial information.

Its president Muhammad Mohan said the declarations should then be kept in a public registry which is openly available to the public and updated at regular intervals.

"We welcome the asset declaration of certain Cabinet members on the public portal hosted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission," he said in a statement.

Muhammad added that although this was a good move, the website only features the total income and net assets of 57 out of the 70 Ca...