Never-ending battle against graft


IT is a mind-boggling number, but have we become so desensitised to corruption that even when it is revealed that Malaysia lost RM277bil to graft, barely an eyebrow is raised?

This massive leakage over a five-year period, which was revealed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC), could have been used for various initiatives that would have benefited the public.

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Brian Martin

Brian Martin

Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

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