LETTERS: There are two forms of guilt: one in the court of law and the other in the court of public opinion.
The guilty verdict of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his SRC International case has finally come to a close.
Najib had been trying to defer his conviction, but justice has finally been served.
In the fight to end corruption, the court of public opinion must know that those found guilty will continue to conduct a campaign to maintain their innocence.
This is why the scholarship of Professor Muhammad Kamal Hassan, who has written on corruption and hypocrisy, is vital.
That those who are in the thick of corruption will claim to be victims of political persecution.
The wheels of justice must not only work but be seen to work. Therein comes again the importance of the court of public opinion.
No one should be manipulated by Najib or his supporters to disabuse anyone into believing that Najib is not guilty.
Bear in mind that Najib and others have been given the fullest leeway by the justice system.
Corruption is the cancer of the nation. Students and civil servants in Malaysia should be warned about this heinous crime and their grave consequences in this temporal world and the eternal hereafter.
Corruption can consume a nation and the world. Malaysians who fought for reforms have reason to rejoice.
This is just the beginning as the fight against corruption is a long and arduous journey, particularly when corruption is a way of life here.
DR RAIS HUSSIN
CEO, EMIR Research
Kuala Lumpur
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