COMMENT | Previous governments (read Umno Baru-run administrations) were claimed to have used taxpayers’ money and specific ministries as “cash cows”.

For the former (taxpayer), think of all the vanity and white elephant projects that have drained the public purse and have now closed down.

Among them is the theme park in Ipoh, the Movie Animation Park Studios. Taxpayers funded the project but we were never given the opportunity to have a say in its viability...