YOURSAY | ‘Intent is to get to the truth.’
What if a whistleblower has evidence against PM, PSM asks Azalina
Coward: The method used by the whistleblower to expose wrongdoing is not material. What is important is whether what they are exposing is worthy of protection.
To expect a whistleblower to be whiter than white is unrealistic and is an unacceptable excuse to deny protection.
The whistleblower act anticipates very lenient treatment if he is a co-conspirator.
In Malaysia, we don’t trust the authorities to do the right thing because they are very susceptible to external undue influence. Hence, at times, only going to the press will do.
OrangePanther1466: A very valid point, PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan. Until the institutions of enforcement that we have are truly independent and led by impeccable leaders, I am afraid whistleblowers will still need to resort to the media first to avoid any cover-ups.
That was exactly what Latheefa Koya did when, as MACC chief commissioner, she exposed the Najib tapes to the media before the powers that be could move to cover up the tapes or had time to cook up a story.
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She must have had the blessings of or instructed by the prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to do so, as she reported to him.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said’s logic of denying protection to whistleblowers is illogical.
Whether it’s to the authorities or the media first should not matter as the intent is to get to the truth.
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