Malaysians welcome anti-corruption drive

Cynics may regard the new prime minister of Malaysia's dramatic moves against corruption and overblown projects as little more than electioneering. But many in the financial community see the actions as a welcome and necessary change of tack for the country. Peter Koh reports.

On February 10th Malaysians woke
up to discover that Eric Chia Eng
Hock had been arrested in conjunction
with one of the country’s longest
running financial scandals.



THE HEADLINE-GRABBING arrests made by Malaysia’s Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) last month are the subject of much discussion in Kuala Lumpur’s financial community. It isn’t the allegations of impropriety that have got Malaysians talking so much as the fact that the government appears to be doing something about it. The arrests have attracted widespread praise.

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