Sarawak govt highly corrupt, says US diplomat

Comment by US embassy political section chief in 2006

Sarawak's state assembly building dominates the skyline in some parts of the townSarawaks state assembly building hogs the skyline in some parts of the town. It is many times the size of the old Fort Margharita, home of the White Rajahs, and the shape of building, said to resemble Melanau headgear, looms dominatingly in view

Comments from the DAP politicians and Suhakam reinforce what we have heard from other Sarawak state leaders and national politicians. By these accounts, the Sarawak state government remains highly corrupt and firmly in the hands of its chief minister. The $82 million state assembly building now under construction serves as perhaps the most obvious and extreme example of the self-enrichment of the states chief minister and other senior government officials. Through a combination of financial and political patronage, media ownership and control, and a seemingly unfocused opposition party, no serious challenge exists to the governing coalitions longstanding grip on political power in the state.
Mark D Clark
political counsellor, US embassy
cable to State Department
13 October 2006

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