COMMENT | Najib Abdul Razak has been convicted. The beneficiary has been named. The money trail has been proven. The lie has been established.

However, one question still hangs over Malaysia’s justice system:

If Najib is guilty, what about those who stopped the system from working?

This is not about revenge. It is not even about blame. It is about how Malaysia’s institutions failed, quietly, procedurally, and without consequence.

In truth, the system failed, so, for that reason,...