vox populi small thumbnail 'Sarawak is one of the most corrupt states. If the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency has the guts, there is plenty of work for them to do.'

Freemsia: Who wants to take a bet that nothing will be done and no arrests made (just like the current PKFZ fiasco)?

Ben: Sarawak is one of the most corrupt state. If MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency) has the guts, there is plenty of work for them to do.

Tony: How about starting the investigation right from the top? All the boast (by the state government) about spending ahead of schedule is just empty talk when 60 percent of the rakyat money disappeared into thin air. So much cannot just disappear without the BN leaders working in cahoots with the ‘buayas'. Our money is treated like their own.

Harry Koay: Sarawakians treat this sort of news like changing underwear everyday. Corruption is a norm in the state. As long as (Chief Minister) Taib Mahmud and BN are in power, more and more public funds will go missing.

MACC, win some integrity by pressing charges against the big fish... and everyone knows who is the "biggest fish" in Sarawak.

Tutom: The construction of the new DUN (state assembly) building is a very clear case of corruption. The job was not tendered out, but awarded or given to a Taib-related company for RM300 million and subcontracted to a Chinese consortium for RM230 million, with Taib and cronies making RM70 million. Is this not corruption and misuse of power?

Bukit Antarabangsa report leaked online

Saengch: Google "BA landslide report Vol1.pdf" in both quotation marks.

Roti John: I managed to download the report. Wonder why the report is so secret. Maybe to protect one from the liabilities?

Dr Jacob George: Is OSA a tool to cover up incompetence, corruption and abuse? This is a mockery of all things held sacred!

And here comes the difficult part

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