Perception of our justice system


From breaches of the movement control order to theft of public funds, the general feeling among Malaysians is that the well-heeled and well-connected seem to get away with such offences easily.

IT may be a cold, wet start to 2021 but the heat is rapidly rising in our ever-sweltering political scene amid the unveiling of a sizzling new scandal involving the smuggling in of questionable quality meat and labelling it as halal.

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