IS PAK LAH AN ANTI-CORRUPTION LEADER?

A WORLD UPSIDE-DOWN: LOCK UP THE SQUEALERS, LET THE CROOKED FREE.
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For the first time in all my blessed life whistle-blowers are being threatened with custodial terms by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) in Malaysia, including even the Mentri Besar (Chief Minister) of Kelantan, the venerable Datuk Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat,generally believed as a man who would never lie.

In light of the losing battle against corruption, the agency has certainly done a vulgar recall of a feudal distaste. Perhaps Pak Lah should quickly act to redress the widespread disenchantment with his leadership and try to win back our confidence.

The general perception is corruption has never been as bad. Now the ACA chief has gone down so low as to threaten anyone who makes an allegation of corruption with custodial sentences if they cannot prove the allegations, a big distance from when the ACA encouraged and would act to investigate allegations made anonymously.

Under Dr. Mahathir, when corruption had become heady at the height of the Malaysia Incorporated exercise, the ACA would still get to work on an anonymous tip. |more...|