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Saturday, August 19, 2017

For Malaysia, the fight against corruption is also a fight for democracy

Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission has been making lots of headlines lately. Its agents have been Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission has been making lots of headlines lately. Its agents have been Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission has been making lots of headlines lately. Its agents have been carrying out high-profile arrests of government officials accused of bribery and influence-peddling. You’d think that Malaysians would be happy at the news.
But they aren’t — because it’s all too obvious that, however welcome this campaign, it’s just an attempt to divert attention from a far larger corruption...

For Malaysia, the fight against corruption is also a fight for democracy

Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission has been making lots of headlines lately. Its agents have been Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission has been making lots of headlines lately. Its agents have been carrying out high-profile arrests of government officials accused of bribery and influence-peddling. You’d think that Malaysians would be happy at the news.
But they aren’t — because it’s all too obvious that, however welcome this campaign, it’s just an attempt to divert attention from a far larger corruption scandal that has been rocking the country for the past five years.