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https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2...-the-issue

A total of 82% of 16,562 voters were in favour of freeing Najib, 15% disagreed and 3% were undecided.

It is fascinating that Najib to this day still retains a very strong support amongst the Malay community and perhaps also substantial ones from the Chinese and Indians.

One of my business acquaintances in Malaysia is one such Najib supporter. To paraphrase his words "During the Najib days, I knew who to approach to get things done, how much to pay, when to pay and have a reasonable estimate on the probability of success. Nowadays I have no idea, I randomly pay people and things are still not done at the end of the day."

Anwar started out with strong expectations from the populace that he will tackle corruption, but from the looks of things the whole exercise is turning out to be yet another targeted political purge with his enemies being investigated and prosecuted while his equally scandalous deputy Ahmad Zahid is having a great time untouched.

Unfortunately running a country is not a simple matter of simply choosing who you think is less corrupted, the Malaysians learnt this the hard way and such sentiments are surfacing in a twisted nostalgia for Najib.