€114 million

Joseph Breham, a member of the legal team from France stated that the French judicial system has clearly established that there is sufficient evidence of suspected corruption in the Scorpene submarine scandal to warrant an investigation. He has said that Malaysian taxpayers may well have been swindled in the amount of over €114 million. On the other hand, our authorities claim there is ‘no case’ to answer to in the submarine purchase.

By G. Krishnan

Fascinating, to say the least, how our investigators and the independent French judicial authorities seem to be so far apart on the reality surrounding this issue. Joseph Breham and his team have come all the way here to see if any French entity or individual has been involved in corruption. On the other hand, our authorities don’t even seem to have blinked an eyelid at the apparent conflict of interest and alleged nepotism associated with the deal.

Unfortunately, someone needs to give Joseph Breham a quick lesson on Malaysian traditions. First off, he needs to understand that while the French have an independent judicial process, our far superior judicial system doesn’t need to be independent or even pretend to be independent. Second, he should know that by not having an independent judiciary, our system is obviously far superior. After all, haven’t our government already said there is ‘no case’ to answer to in this matter? There you have it! These French investigators are here making fools of themselves and their system of law and justice. I wonder, isn’t it embarrassing to come all the way here and show the rest of us exactly how inefficient their system is? You mean they can’t see what our government can see so clearly that there were no laws broken?

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