We have lost sense of shame over corruption, laments Maszlee

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PETALING JAYA: Malay society has increasingly lost its sense of shame and this is the main reason for the systemic corruption in the country, said former education minister Maszlee Malik.

Noting the Japanese practice of “sepukku” or “hara kiri”, the ritual suicide practised as an alternative to disgrace, Maszlee pointed out that the feeling of shame was important for them, adding that the Chinese also had the concept of “preserving face”.

“In the Malay community, too, we used to have this feeling of shame. Now, we have increasingly lost that,” he told a forum titled Corruption and Hypocrisy in Malay-Muslim Politics yesterday.

“Now, we see people who are not embarrassed to take money, steal or receive bribes and even if they are too lazy to work.

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