Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Watchdog May be Too Far Gone to Fix

Insiders question agency’s ability to function

By: Murray Hunter

Upon the 72-year-old Anwar Ibrahim’s appointment as Malaysia’s prime minister on November 24, he said that the fight against corruption would be one of his administration’s highest priorities, with the country’s reputation battered not only by one of the biggest financial scandals in Asian history but by endemic sleaze in the coalition …