Corruption is about greed, not creed


THERE is this video of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew talking about his old friend Teh Cheang Wan. The man was the country’s minister for national development back in 1986. He was a brilliant architect, had many lucrative contracts and was rich – very rich.

But according to Lee, Teh made a fatal mistake. He had on two occasions taken bribes to help a private company buy over and retain a piece of state land.

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