“Singapore is not a real country, it is a small island”
Jeff Ooi highlighted a Malaysia parliamentary debate between the opposition and ruling party which raised a few interesting comments when translated into English.
NO BRAIN
“Malaysia will never develop as long as we have people like (Parliamentary Opposition Leader) Lim (Kit Siang). All these (corruption allegations) are lies. Why are you so stupid? Where are the allegations? You have no brains. Stupid, stupid, stupid!… “
SINGAPORE NO COMPARE
“Singapore is not a real country, it is a small island. Singapore’s population is just three to four million and there are no opportunities for corruption, unlike in our country.
FREER MEDIA
“We have a freer media now that allows many voices to be heard. That is why we have many people making unfounded allegations in the media,” responded Nazri.
Citing the Johari Baharum case (for allegedly receiving RM5.5 million in bribes to free several criminal suspects held under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) as an example, Nazri said the allegations had appeared on blogs and anybody could create a blog.
He called for tighter control of the media.
I found the quote made about Singapore quite ironic. It isn’t about Singapore not being a real country, but the statement that followed.
“Singapore’s population is just three to four million and there are no opportunities for corruption, unlike in our country“, does this means if a country have more than four million in population, there are more opportunities for corruption?