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COMMENT | Umno-Baru's three-legged stool strategy

COMMENT | The convicted felon and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak may be safely tucked away in Kajang prison, but the hard work is only just about to begin.

He may relax, but not you or I. To have parties and celebrate his downfall, or gloat over Najib's incarceration, would be wrong. No one should kick a man when he is down.

However, now is the time for reflection and to search for answers. We must find out why a man like Najib, the son of a former prime minister, with his privileged background, education, experience, and personality, could have fallen so low.

He, like many other corrupt politicians of a similar lineage, could have done so much good for the nation, but somewhere along the line, they lost their values, their path, their sense of direction, and their morals.

Once we know why we can then try to put it right. More religion is not the answer. More money will not help as it will only end up in a crooked politician's back pocket or Swiss bank account.

As we all know from history, money and power can change and corrupt a person. Events of the past week, which centred on...

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