TWO recent events have again drawn important attention to a malaise that has long afflicted Malaysia – money politics.
The first occurred when, even before the by-election campaign for the vacant Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat had commenced, the Barisan Nasional had to deny it was using money to fish for votes. The second was when Transparency International-Malaysia announced plans for a study of the funding of politics.
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