No administration between 2020 and 2025 can claim the moral high ground as the 41 cases involving politicians that were closed with “no further action” cut across three administrations, says former PKR deputy president Rafizi Rali.
Commenting on data revealed by law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said, Rafizi said the cases spanned the Perikatan Nasional administration under Muhyiddin Yassin, the Barisan Nasional government under Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and the current unity government under Anwar Ibrahim.
“So, all parties and politicians from these different blocs cannot point fingers at who is worse, because the 68% NFA ‘award’ for politicians whose criminal cases were investigated involved all three prime ministers, and Pakatan Harapan, BN and PN,” he said in a posting on X today.
Rafizi said it was unclear who the politicians involved were and the nature of the cases, but “surely politicians weren’t caught stealing milk because they couldn’t afford it”.
He said most of the investigation papers against politicians were likely linked to abuse of power and corruption, not petty crimes.
“With more than two-thirds of cases against politicians between 2020 and 2025 classified as NFA, I understand why the public compares this with the treatment of ordinary people accused of stealing milk,” he said.
Last week, Azalina told the Dewan Negara that 41 out of 60 investigation papers opened on criminal cases involving politicians since 2020 had been classified as NFA.
She said the cases could be reopened if new evidence surfaced, and that decisions were based on facts, evidence and the law, not the individual’s background.
