COMMENT | Many of us will probably remember one specific occasion after the 14th general election when a furious Dr Mahathir Mohamad spoke up strongly against corruption.

“Government leaders have been given a warning by me. If they are corrupt, I would like to shoot them like in China but I can’t.”

On another occasion, Mahathir went sarcastic about the rampant corruption, remarking, “In some countries, the corrupt would be executed after they were found guilty but in Malaysia, the corrupt went around beaming with pride and joy.”