New database tracks shifting outcomes of Malaysia’s political corruption cases

The Prosecutorial Accountability Watch database is an attempt to make sense of a justice system clouded by ‘double standards’ Since the 2018 election that ended six decades of Malay nationalist party Umno and its Barisan Nasional coalition rule, Malaysia has seen a wave of corruption charges against powerful politicians, followed by acquittals, discharges, appeal withdrawals and cases that appear to move in different directions whenever governments change. According to Projek SAMA convenor Ngeow Chow Ying, the database attempts to make sense of a justice system clouded by the phrase dua darjat, a Malay expression often used to describe double standards.

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