"That is using one's position. Positions are given to help make things easier for you. It is not for me alone. But to help you, help me too. Firstly, vote for me."

- Political hopeful Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal

COMMENT | De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan's claim that tycoon Lim Soon Peng had used (Pakatan Harapan) political connections to unfreeze his bank accounts, if true, is an effective strategy when it comes to the issue of political corruption in this country.

Effective in the sense that it gives the average Joe Rakyat front row seats the kind of swamp Putrajaya is. I have no idea how effective it is for political parties, either for the establishment or the opposition, beyond giving one or the other a momentary talking point which amounts to a hill of beans in this partisan terrain.

This is the same law minister who claimed that there may have been political interference in the case of Musa Aman – “Takiyuddin had given an analogy of Musa’s case, as he hinted that the former Sabah chief minister’s case might have been reopened by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) due to 'political interference' after Pakatan Harapan won GE14.”

Of course, it is funny that he thinks that dropping all charges was an impartial endeavour stating that...