Furore over missing jet engines to be "explained"

The 2 pieces of news that appeared in The Star today sadly illustrates the sorry state of affairs in our country, in terms of integrity in the Government, and the courage to face up to the truth. Whereas Thailand, in spite of being mired in serious political instability and a dangerous situation in the South has chosen to be upfront and honest when confronted with corruption in its Govt Thai Health Minister quits in graft scandal (also in the Star 30/12) I quote " Thailand's Public Health Minister resigned on Tuesday after being implicated in a corruption scandal over a health care scheme .... Witthaya stepped down after an investigation found he was negligent in his handling of a three-year, 86 billion baht ($2.57 billion) procurement project. ....The panel recommended that Witthaya and his deputy, Manit Nopamornbodi, be disciplined for backing ministry plans to build facilities and buy medical equipment deemed unnecessary and grossly overpriced by local health officials....... "

In our local front, in the comments made by our politicians in the wake of the "missing Jet Engines" Furore over missing jet engines to be "explained" the relevant Minister just said.. " We will reply to criticisms from the opposition who had used the missing jet engines and other issues to confuse the people...." His comments have left a dirty taste in the mouth. I would like to ask the Govt., if the missing engines were a result of 'opposition manipulation', what about the Report of the Auditor General? Why do we get the feeling that the latest Report has been filed and has started to collect dust? I am not even going to waste anybody's time to repeat concerns about the PKFZ and the Teoh BH /MACC inquest, among the many unresolved corruption cases that have come to light in the past year or two. Suffice to say is this... Is the Government and the Prime Minister prepared to walk the talk in 2010, stifle political shenanigans in the dealing with dishonesty among the conniving politicians and make 1Malaysia more than just an empty slogan , which is what it is now :-(

Happy New Year and don't 'screw' up our lovely country