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MACC chief is not ‘Duterte’
How can those who have committed corrupt acts surrender when the anti-graft agency does not have the bite to take on politicians who have been involved in mega crimes?
By P Ramasamy
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It takes courage and considerable political power to clean the country of corruption and financial scandals. Drug pushers will surrender to the Philippine authorities simply because President Rodrigo Duterte has warned them that if they do not, they will face certain death.
As they say, a new broom sweeps clean for a while. In this respect, the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC), Dzulkifli Ahmad, is certainly seen to be doing his work. Hardly in office, he has already sounded a warning to those involved in corruption to surrender themselves and face a reduced sentence rather than wait to be arrested by his office and charged in court with a maximum sentence imposed.
The Malaysian public is fed up with corruption, money laundering activities and other forms of financial scandals. They would certainly welcome Dzulkilfi’s move to go after those involved in corruption and money laundering activities.
There is no doubt Dzulkifli has good and noble intentions. He wants to do his job as expected by the public. However, is he capable of doing his job in an environment where politicians, particularly those involved in his appointment, are allegedly involved in corrupt activities themselves?
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