Earlier this week, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim issued a directive to cabinet members to go through the 2021 Auditor-General’s Report and act on its recommendations to plug the leakages of financial resources from the government’s coffers.

While this move was deemed a good start by many, several good governance experts have weighed in on how reforms on several levels are needed to combat the issue.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, political economist Edmund Terence Gomez opined that...