Paul Low, will you too quit, like Waytha?
YOURSAY ‘Since Low joined the government, the institutions he cited have become more transparently bad.’
Paul Low will stick his neck out for MACC
Slumdog: Minister in the PM’s Department Paul Low, I don’t believe a single word you have said. They are all empty, hollow and riddled with half-truths.
You will be a national hero if you can “keep the judiciary, Attorney-General’s Chambers, National Audit Department, the police force and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) free of political control.”
These are unachievable goals in a country drenched with endemic corruption at all levels of government, involving all ministers, NGOs and Umno-BN MPs and their crony supporters.
Pemerhati: When what Paul Low says is compared with the reality that MACC has not taken any action against Abdul Taib Mahmud, the extremely corrupt multi-billionaire CM of Sarawak, and the police are still very quiet and have taken no action against the goons who slaughtered chickens and threatened another May 13 and encouraged people to assault Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, it becomes very obvious that Paul Low has sold his soul to the devil and has become a supporter and an apologist for the person who is strongly suspected of being linked to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and who is also believed to be involved in stealing RM500 million from the Scorpene deal.
Changeagent: Paul Low, don't try to be cute with words. Malaysia earned the most plaudits among the 60 countries reviewed so far, not out of 167 countries that are part of United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).
You should wait until all the participating countries have completed their reviews before you brag about Malaysia's relative performance.
But regardless, the proof is in the pudding. Please tell us in which recent, high-profile corruption case in Malaysia have the perpetrators been successfully charged?
Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), RM500 million Scorpene commissions, National Feedlot Corportation (NFC), Michael Chia's RM40 million cash smuggling, US$24 million diamond ring, Riza Aziz's RM110 million New York penthouse, Raja Ropiaah Abdullah's RM100 million Bukit Raja 223-acre land scandal, George Kent's overpriced Ampang LRT successful tender, Mohamad Khir Toyo's RM23 million Balinese mansion, new Shah Alam Hospital's 60 percent cost overruns, or Taib family's illicit assets estimated at over US$20 billion?
Please, Paul Low, name just one.
Negarawan: Paul Low is exactly what Najib wants him to do, i.e. to give the false impression that corruption is under control in all government institutions.
Just because Low was formerly from Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M), Najib is hoping that his remarks will carry some weight.
The fact is that Low is in no position to put pressure on anyone in Umno. In fact, he has done nothing other than empty talk in the last one year. As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them.
Wiser: Low, if the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is "free from government control", please explain why they have not arrested all those involved in the offer of RM1,200 reward for slapping Teresa Kok’s face?
Tembikai: One of the best places to make money is the military. Why is this not included in your list?
Apa Ini?: Well, since Low joined the government, the institutions he cited have become more transparently bad; the judiciary has long lost its credibility, apart from a few good judges. The police openly watch chicken slaughters, RM1,200 reward for violence, Bible snatching...
Move on, Low. You are just a nominal BN minister for Umno can claim it is '1Malaysia'.
A nonymous_40ca: Keep dreaming, Low. Corruption is at its core and you choose to believe otherwise. Your 'sticking-out-my-neck' opinion is not going to stick anywhere, for you are never respected by any member of the cabinet.
Kindly remember you were hand-picked by Najib and not elected by the majority of the rakyat. And in future, please watch what you say as the rakyat does not want to see another NGO offering RM500 to slap your face for being silly.
Liew Lean Kut: You will have to give him some rope. Whether he uses the rope to hang himself or to tie up those who are corrupt will have to been seen.
May be my eyesight is poor, for until now I have not seen any positive happening. May be, like Low says, I have to wait.
Onyourtoes: Paul Low, I want to be positive with you. It is very easy to say I want to keep this department clean or that agency free from corruption. We do not institute good governance by sticking our necks out or putting our reputation on the line.
Seriously, does it matter how many times your neck is chopped? Does it matter your reputation has gone to the gutters? Do you have one in the first place?
Please, just tell us what avenue you have to fight the scourge of corruption? What authority do you have and which, among those five agencies you identified, report to you? The integrity of a government is the responsibility of the head of government, got it?
Your role is no different from Idris Jala, the minister appointed to tell all other agencies what their key performance indicators (KPIs) should be and how to achieve them. So, are you going to fight corruption by telling the PM, ministers and heads of agencies all the corruption indices? Do you think it is oxymoron?
Do you know that selective investigation, selective prosecution and persecution, funny judgments and even funnier punishments are different forms of corruption?
Have you ever asked why there was selective this and selective that in the first place? You think they do it for fun?
Dood: Paul Low will stick his neck out for MACC? Call me a sceptic, but I find this very, very hard to believe. What has he done since warming his ministerial seat anyway? Oh yes, that's right, nothing!
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