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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, centre, arrives for an Eid
al-Fitr event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 21 July, 2016 as lawmakers
demanded he go on leave and be held accountable after US officials
initiated action to seize more than US$1 billion they say was stolen
from a state investment fund by people close to the premier.
(AP/Vincent Thian) |
Malaysia, once considered a model of liberalism in south-east Asia,
seems headed towards overt authoritarianism, with the arrest of Penang
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Lim is of one of the few remaining
prominent politicians standing against Prime Minister Najib Razak, and
is facing what many considered politically motivated charges of
corruption.
Lim, who was a member of the Democratic Action Party, has led one of
the few regions in Malaysia without a Malay majority, since 2008. His
arrest points to a shrinking space for opposition of any kind in the
resource-rich nation of almost 30 million people.
“Malaysian society is fast becoming an Orwellian dystopia in which
labels such as ‘moderates’, ‘extremists’, ‘national security’ and,
‘sedition’...have become relative, depending on how they are defined by
the state,” said Kua Kia Soong, an advisor with the Malaysian Human
Rights NGO SUARAM, in a press statement.
The latest move comes more than a year and a half since the 1Malaysia
Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, in which US$700 million was
allegedly embezzled from a government-run development fund into Najib’s
bank account, and billions more went missing.
The government denied the charges, claiming the deposit was a personal gift from the Saudi Royal Family. Instead of properly investigating 1MDB, the ruling
Barisan Nasional
(National Front, or BN) coalition has undertaken a gradual but
intensifying clampdown against anyone who has spoken out against the
prime minister.
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KUALA
LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over
corruption cases in the country from 2013 involved those aged between 20
and 40 years.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Razali
Ibrahim said various programmes had been carried out to reduce the
involvement of youths in corruption.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was also given the
responsibility to get close to the younger generation in an effort to
tackle the problem.
“This is a big number. We have carried out various programmes to reduce
corruption which must be nurtured through education,” told a press
conference after closing the 6th Anti-Corruption Secretariat Convention
at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), here today
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KUALA
LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over
corruption cases in the country from 2013 involved those aged between 20
and 40 years.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Razali
Ibrahim said various programmes had been carried out to reduce the
involvement of youths in corruption.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was also given the
responsibility to get close to the younger generation in an effort to
tackle the problem.
“This is a big number. We have carried out various programmes to reduce
corruption which must be nurtured through education,” told a press
conference after closing the 6th Anti-Corruption Secretariat Convention
at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), here today.
-
See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/majority-of-corruption-arrests-involves-those-below-40-years-says-minister#sthash.75QnHoRV.dpuf
KUALA
LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over
corruption cases in the country from 2013 involved those aged between 20
and 40 years.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Razali
Ibrahim said various programmes had been carried out to reduce the
involvement of youths in corruption.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was also given the
responsibility to get close to the younger generation in an effort to
tackle the problem.
“This is a big number. We have carried out various programmes to reduce
corruption which must be nurtured through education,” told a press
conference after closing the 6th Anti-Corruption Secretariat Convention
at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), here today.
-
See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/majority-of-corruption-arrests-involves-those-below-40-years-says-minister#sthash.75QnHoRV.dpuf
KUALA
LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over
corruption cases in the country from 2013 involved those aged between 20
and 40 years.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Razali
Ibrahim said various programmes had been carried out to reduce the
involvement of youths in corruption.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was also given the
responsibility to get close to the younger generation in an effort to
tackle the problem.
“This is a big number. We have carried out various programmes to reduce
corruption which must be nurtured through education,” told a press
conference after closing the 6th Anti-Corruption Secretariat Convention
at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), here today.
-
See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/majority-of-corruption-arrests-involves-those-below-40-years-says-minister#sthash.75QnHoRV.dpuf
