' Katanya ada reformasi, nyatanya ada korapsi di sana sini.' WS Rendra. Sontoloyo series no 23.

2. If no one within PKR is willing to talk on this taboo matter, I will. Now, with people like Rafizi is very much sidelined, I will step up.

3. Even at the risk of being ostracized and looked at in contempt .

4. The PM once said, battling corruption over the last 2 years was his biggest headache.

5. Perhaps this explained why he appeared to have gone soft on corruption.

6. This contradicted his thunderous derision on sakau, at various PKR ceramahs. Before becoming PM of course.

7. Perhaps he has too much historical baggage. He knows many of those who committed KKN personally. Hes now hesitant to carry out full force of law .

8. KKN is the abbreviation for the much despised kolusi, korupsi, nepotism. It's the dreaded penyakit 3 serangkai.

9. The PMs stand on corruption is bewildering as it is astonishing .

10. He says he's not interested in jailing these crooks. As long as the returned all, some a miniscule amount?

11. Clever and artful lawyers will explain the dissapeance of the rationale behind punishment then.

12. In discussing this interesting topic,I am reminded of the story about justice Bao. (Bao zheng).

13. Bao zheng atau juga di kenali sebagai Bao gong dibawah dinasti song. Dia dikewnali kerana kejujuran dan uprightness nya.

14. Dia di lantik sebagai prefect( gabenor atau mb sekarang) di ibu kota song, kaifeng.

15. Kerana keberanian serta uprightness nya membela petani dan rakyat miskin menentang kezaliman dan penindasan , dia digelar justice Bao atau Bao qingtian.

16. Yang paling diperangi nya adalah pegawai2 tinggi yang korap.

17. Anda tentu ingat, dalam tv series, watak nya nampak hitam.

18. Mula nya saya pun heran macam mana hitam. Sekarang saya tahu dia di make up hitam sebagai simbol impartiality Dan tidak terkesan oleh biases, emosi serta prejudices.

19. Kes yang nak saya ceritakan dikenali orang sebagai the civet cat case.

20. Dalam satu lawatan ke county, Bao didatangi seorang pemuda yang memberitahu Bao bahawa ibu pemuda mahu berjumpa Bao. Pemuda memberitahu bahawa ibu nya dianiayai selama 20.tahun.

21. When Bao met the lady,the lady proved that she is actually the empress dowager and real mother to the reigning emperor .

22. When she gave birth to the infant crown prince,the fake empress dowager substituted the infant with a civet cat. She told the emperor , she gave birth to a male crown prince.

23. The fake empress dowager then conspired with a minister, had the palace of the real empress dowager burnt down.

24. But the lady managed to escape and lived in the humble dwelling in the county .

25. The lady asked Bao to take legal action against 2 people.

26. Against the emperor for failing in his filial piety and against the fake empress dowager and her conspirator for causing her grief for 20 years .

27. The story about the civet cat may be fictionalized and embellished.

28. It established 2 inviolable principles.

(A) No matter how long justice takes place, it must be done.

(B) The law must be applied on whoever, no matter how high their stature is.

29. We can say that justice delayed is justice denied and justice delayed indefinitely is justice denied indefinitely.

30. In modern times, it was lord Denning who made famous the statement, be ye ever so high, the law is above you .

31. The 2 inviolable principles should be the launching pad for the PM to start his vigilant battles and war on corruption.

32. I am comforted at the thought that corruption, no matter if committed a long time ago, will result in punishment to the Corruptors.

33. That means those who committed corruption during the previous administrations, BN or PN will face the music. Punishment to them, would be a deterrent to would be corruption crooks now and in future.

34. Unfortunately the deterrence is removed if prison sentence is removed and offenders need to pay a portion of the plundered sum

35. The principle that the law will be applied on an offender no matter how high ones social stature is, also gives us much comfort. If applied strictly and with absolute impartiality.

36. Yay! That would include the patricians and plebeians. Peasants and landlords - all can be dragged.

37. In practice, all politicians, judges, government servants, generals - semua can kena .

38. Imagine if the PM in a fit of absent mindedness or in a fit of flared temper, orders a lifestyle and account audit on these people.

39. Many of us plebeians would like to know for instance, how come a son of an ex PM can own a Ferrari.

40. The point is to put the fear of God into the hearts of these people. Why not confiscate also their property?

41. That's why I am puzzled as to why the PM said, we are not interested to jail these offenders. We want our money.

42. I am not going to confine myself to discussing the rationale for punishment to reasons like deterrence, incapacitation, reparation all that jazz. That will be in part 2 of this article.