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IN my recent book, What’s in a Name, I provide some historical context of how the Malaysian system — the workings of our society, politics and economics — declined over the years and as the corollary of it, the growth of a three-headed monster that seems to rule this country. The three heads of the monster are: identity politics, endemic corruption and over-centralisation of power. Most of our shortcomings and problems as a country can be traced back to one, two or all of its heads. This three-headed monster stands between us and a better future
In my recent book, What’s in a Name, I provide some historical context of how the Malaysian system the workings of our society, politics and economics declined over the years and as the corollary of it, the growth of a three-headed monster that seems to rule this country. The three heads of the monster are: identity politics, endemic corruption and over-centralisation of power. Most of our shortcomings and problems as a country can be traced back to one, two or all of its heads. This three-headed monster stands between us and a better future.
Corruption in Malaysia has long been endemic, and it is time for Malaysia to start a war against it, said prominent banker Tan Sri Nazir Razak on Monday (Oct 3).