Facing the law: The senior civil servant covering her face as she is escorted away at the Magistrate’s Court in Putrajaya.
KOTA KINABALU: For six years between 2009 and 2015, a total of RM1.5bil was siphoned off from federal projects worth RM7.5bil, depriving the rural poor of water supply, electricity and roads.
A group of politicians, businessmen and civil servants are believed to have systematically siphoned out a full 20% of the funds meant for projects for the rural poor, according to graftbusters.
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