M Santhananaban
Crime and corruption cases have been hitting the headlines of late.
There is much excitement about the upcoming disclosures on the Tabung Haji trust’s mismanagement.
Efforts to bury the royal commission of inquiry report on Tabung Haji do not appear to have worked.
Now a major Forest City fraud case has been uncovered in Johor. Police have busted two major scam centres in the state that drew money from victims abroad, mainly in China and Indonesia.
Over 335 people, mostly foreigners, were arrested, allegedly for online scams including love scams and fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes., crypto trading and other crimes.
The trust our society places in safeguards, which are often weak, has been exploited.
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The authorities must clamp down on crime and corruption with zero tolerance.
Dato’ M Santhananaban is a former Malaysian ambassador with over 45 years of public sector experience.
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