Its good to see that the MACC is waking up from its long slumber. There had been a blitz of arrests of officials from the ruling coalition as well as from the Opposition for all kinds of corruption. Another task force, headed by the chief secretary Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hasssan, has been formed to look into the misdeeds highlighted in the AG's report. He is also heading the task force that is looking into the PKFZ scandal. With two task forces to deal with, I wonder whether he would be effective and whether the government really means business in wanting to get rid of the bad apples.
From past records, it is unlikely that any drastic actions would be taken. And in anticipation of "no further action' conclusion, the task force has declared that any punitive action must be fair and consideraion be given to uncontrolled factors, etc. So in the end when no action is taken, the standard reason will be insufficient evidence and the misdeed is done in good faith. And as usual the task force need not have to explain its conclusions. But to prove that action is being taken, some small ikan bilis will take the fall.
However, the Chief Secretary did admit that public perception of the task force is poor, but he did promise that those responsible would be punished. So maybe we should give him a chance to prove himself. After all he did say that "The proof of the pudding is in the eating.". So lets see.
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