YOURSAY | ‘Painfully, we resign to the fact it’s normal practice.’

Don't underestimate corruption, even small dept can leak RM2b – PM

Falcon: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim got it all wrong. This is Malaysia - where submarines don't dive, helicopters and other aircraft crash inexplicably. Where we keep bailing out when there is clear and continuing plunder with extended datelines.

Corruption comes in many forms.

Miscarriage of justice and providing a fair response to allegations is also corruption.

Repeatedly giving money to one particular voting bank is also considered corruption, even if you want to whitewash the facts.

So you can continue your selective pampering and global preaching, but after months, the plain truth and disappointment have set in the minds of Malaysians.

Now we know that no matter who forms the government next, nothing will change except for the politicians running it.

Gasinggeorge: Get the money back by employing financial experts who can properly trace where it went.

Introduce a law that allows goods bought with corruption money to be returned against cash going back into government coffers.

That will trickle down on luxury goods traders needing to be much more careful about who they sell their wares.

Who needs more Lamborghinis on Kuala Lumpur roads?

Fighting corruption needs a holistic approach. No need to reinvent the wheel but emulate countries that have done this successfully.

Mazhilamani: This is the time for all law enforcement agencies to work together with the relevant ministers and top ministry officials to study and understand the mode of operation that leads to this extent of leakage and how to stop it.

It is also important to set up an undercover network in all departments where procurement is involved.

Centralise procurement for all departments.

I believe billions of ringgit exchanged hands plus wasteful buying of defective instruments or equipment such as the faulty ventilator machines by the Health Ministry during the pandemic.

This huge amount of money can be put to better use to help the poor and a host of public needs.

There must also be an aggressive campaign through the mass and social media against corruption, including those who give out money to public servants.

Observer from space: Anwar, corruption is a scourge so deeply embedded in our civil service; yet you have blessed them with additional handouts.

It’s not your government that knows about it, I dare say the world knows. It’s so easy to stamp out corruption. My question is, who dares to do it?

For years, we, the rakyat have been updated with the auditor-general’s detailed report.

Painfully, we resign to the fact that it’s normal practice. We just carry on striving to work hard and pay taxes.

You promised us, amongst many things, that we would be a corruption-free nation. I ask you, sir, how?

With discharges not amounting to an acquittal, half-time imprisonment and discounts on penalties are lawfully imposed. Even traffic summonses are a joke in Malaysia.

WhiteMoose0037: The 1MDB scandal woke up the country and activists like Claire Rewcastle Brown, as well as politicians like Tony Pua and Rafizi Ramli were dragged to court for exposing it.

Everyone knows that duty-free liquor and cigarettes are sold freely, and the authorities have done nothing to stop it.

Good on you, Anwar, for having the guts to take them on.

Middle path: Corruption at the very top is something for other civil servants to emulate.

No need to shout about corruption if the top leaders get away with it or have it easy when caught.

Start with those at the top and the rest will dare not follow in their footsteps.

V S: Since the prime minister is very knowledgeable about corruption, why are the corrupt still not being charged by the relevant authorities?

Cases involving corruption are also dragging in the courts.

The last corruption case completed was former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s case over a year ago. His wife Rosmah Mansor’s case is still pending a verdict.

Many corruption cases are just dragging slowly in the courts. Does the court lack the personnel to handle the volume of corruption cases?

Just a Malaysian: We are all watching this country burning and we have our beloved prime minister sashaying left and right looking handsome, talking about something we have known for years.

Say and do something constructive, please.

Fair minded senior citizen: This state of affairs will remain for aeons.

The moral fabric of society has been tarnished, not torn asunder, and patchwork will not have any permanent outcome.

We are doomed to hand over to our children and grandchildren a society deeply encrusted in debt and no conscience.

No one cares about this, including religious leaders. Can we change?

I say no, as corruption has sunk deep into our tissues.

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