Friday, July 15, 2005
Put it on my tab
This was sumthing which I read a couple of days ago.
Again, it was at the Parliament.
The Opposition Leader, Mr. Lim raised an issue regarding a former Chief Minister of the state of Sabah at East Malaysia.
Basically, the gist of his point is summarised as such:-
"He could accumulate such astronomical wealth as to gamble RM158.7 million, lose RM31.6 million and run up RM7.1 million debts in a London casino a year after political retirement, apart from bigger gambling debts in other casinos in London."
However, Lim's application to debate the issue was - not surprisingly - rejected on grounds that "...it was not urgent and not of public interest."!!!!!!!!
Wat crap!!!!
How can it not be of public interest???? How could a minister accumulate so much wealth in the generally poor state of Sabah??? It no doubt smacks of the irressistable conclusion that there is a strong possibility of improper use of power (yes, yes, I'm using big words here to prevent meself from being locked up for sedition or sued for defamation).
Lim said it was of great public interest to ascertain how the national integrity system had failed to prevent corruption and abuses of power as evident in this case.
You can read the entire article here.
An investigation must be launched! After all the talk of weeding our corruption, surely our beloved PM cannot just sit back and do nothing (except publicly reprimand the said former CM).
Me mates at Sabah always complain about the corruption that happens there. Unfortunately, wif this kind of attitude by our ruling government, it's gonna be a long, long road to recovery (if ever we do recover!).
Is it any wonder that in a survey done by the Malaysian Integrity Institute, teenagers have honestly declared that if they were in a position of power, they would probably accept bribes? (see article entitled Teenagers willing to take bribes). Can't blame them - look at the example set for them today.
Again, it was at the Parliament.
The Opposition Leader, Mr. Lim raised an issue regarding a former Chief Minister of the state of Sabah at East Malaysia.
Basically, the gist of his point is summarised as such:-
"He could accumulate such astronomical wealth as to gamble RM158.7 million, lose RM31.6 million and run up RM7.1 million debts in a London casino a year after political retirement, apart from bigger gambling debts in other casinos in London."
However, Lim's application to debate the issue was - not surprisingly - rejected on grounds that "...it was not urgent and not of public interest."!!!!!!!!
Wat crap!!!!
How can it not be of public interest???? How could a minister accumulate so much wealth in the generally poor state of Sabah??? It no doubt smacks of the irressistable conclusion that there is a strong possibility of improper use of power (yes, yes, I'm using big words here to prevent meself from being locked up for sedition or sued for defamation).
Lim said it was of great public interest to ascertain how the national integrity system had failed to prevent corruption and abuses of power as evident in this case.
You can read the entire article here.
An investigation must be launched! After all the talk of weeding our corruption, surely our beloved PM cannot just sit back and do nothing (except publicly reprimand the said former CM).
Me mates at Sabah always complain about the corruption that happens there. Unfortunately, wif this kind of attitude by our ruling government, it's gonna be a long, long road to recovery (if ever we do recover!).
Is it any wonder that in a survey done by the Malaysian Integrity Institute, teenagers have honestly declared that if they were in a position of power, they would probably accept bribes? (see article entitled Teenagers willing to take bribes). Can't blame them - look at the example set for them today.
// posted by imissw @ 10:28:00 am 
