10-25-2022, 06:40 PM
Sarawakian voters told to weed out corruption the “Justice Bao” way
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VETERAN lawmaker and DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has re-lived the legacy of now dementia-stricken fifth prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who once spoke of the need to have a “Justice Bao” in Malaysia to fight corruption and abuses of power which never came about.
A former Opposition leader himself, Kit Siang is now calling on Sarawak voters to avail themselves as “Justice Bao” during the 15th General Election (GE15) “by sending the corrupt to jail and to free the innocents”.
“This is important because corruption is most rampant today in six decades of Malaysian history,” he pointed out in a media statement issued in Kuching. “We do not want to lose out to China, India and Indonesia in the battle against corruption and to have a honest and non-corrupt government.”
To the uninitiated, “Justice Bao” whose real name is Bao Zheng (March 5, 999 – July 3, 1062) is honoured as the cultural symbol of justice in Chinese society.
As a judge, Bao consistently demonstrated extreme honesty and uprightness with actions such as sentencing his own uncle, impeaching an uncle of Emperor Renzong’s favourite concubine and punishing powerful families.
During his years in office, Bao gained the honorific title “Justice Bao” due to his ability to defend peasants and commoners against corruption or injustice.
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A former Opposition leader himself, Kit Siang is now calling on Sarawak voters to avail themselves as “Justice Bao” during the 15th General Election (GE15) “by sending the corrupt to jail and to free the innocents”.
“This is important because corruption is most rampant today in six decades of Malaysian history,” he pointed out in a media statement issued in Kuching. “We do not want to lose out to China, India and Indonesia in the battle against corruption and to have a honest and non-corrupt government.”
To the uninitiated, “Justice Bao” whose real name is Bao Zheng (March 5, 999 – July 3, 1062) is honoured as the cultural symbol of justice in Chinese society.
As a judge, Bao consistently demonstrated extreme honesty and uprightness with actions such as sentencing his own uncle, impeaching an uncle of Emperor Renzong’s favourite concubine and punishing powerful families.
During his years in office, Bao gained the honorific title “Justice Bao” due to his ability to defend peasants and commoners against corruption or injustice.
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