COMMENT "It is dangerous to be right in matters about which the established authorities (government) are wrong.” - Voltaire

This is what 17th Century philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet, who is better known as Voltaire, had written in describing a government - and this could well be appropriate in explaining the actions of deposed deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

The quote by Voltaire was pointed to me by lawyer Rosli Dahlan, and it may ring bells for our civil servants who are members of the special task force investigating the 1MDB, as well as for the former Public Accounts Committee members who moved to join the reshuffled cabinet.

The swift move by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in first removing Abdul Gani Patail as attorney-general (AG) yesterday and removing his deputy and critic Muhyiddin hours later, as well as appointing four BN PAC members probing the 1MDB affair into his cabinet, is being seen as akin to obstruction of justice...