IT IS grossly unfair to link this cute creature with two-faced officials, but ‘weasel’ is the term often used to describe someone who twists the truth to evade responsibility.
More so if the comparison is with the beautiful Malayan weasel, whose fur colour ranges from golden yellow and reddish-brown to greyish-white.
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