S | Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir’s announcement this week that the government will look into setting up a Special High Court and a Special Appeals Court for corruption has been broadly welcome, including Associate Professor Dr. Shmarahayu Abd Aziz, an expert in the constitution.
The people of Malaysia are losing patience. The rest of the world is also wondering when the case will go to trial. The defence lawyer has deployed every possible means at his disposal to delay the trials, much to the chagrin of everybody concerned. The postponement of the trial that was due on 12/02/2019 was widely reported around the world. Such was the eagerness of the attention on the 1MDB saga.
As perverse as it could be, Malaysians have started to follow him on social media as he appears to have performed the ultimate Houdini’s escape from jail. He seems to be coming out totally unscathed from the strong arms of the law despite causing the biggest financial scandal the world had ever seen.
Now those who should be running for cover are calmly planning their return to power. There is nothing to lose, nothing to be fear, and nothing to be ashamed of. What was shocking was our university students were unashamedly organizing events to “Meet the Boss”. So if Najib takes four to five years to complete the initial charges, it may take more than 10 years for the huge number of corruption cases of the BN era to be cleared. Much evidence and witnesses could be lost. There may be acquittals in cases. The guilty wrongdoers may even pass away without ever being punished.
People are fed-up of watching the arrogance of Najib Razak and his gang of thieves. The Special Court for corruption cases must start working immediately. Sack the Law Ministers if they cannot get that Special Court working within the next month.