Who cares about 1MDB when bridges are collapsing?
As a jury in Brooklyn, New York, weighed the fate of a former banker accused of conspiring to loot a Malaysian state fund, villagers about an hour’s drive from the country’s power center, Kuala Lumpur, had a more parochial concern. A bridge in a coastal settlement in Kuala Selangor — a politically contested region — had collapsed in 2019. Despite politicians’ promises, it lies in ruin. That bridge is vital to the fishing community, said Muhammad Zabar bin Arssad, who has lived in the ...
Source: taipeitimes.com