Of corruption and graft busters

GOOGLE for financial scandals and you will invariably find Malaysia a table-topper. No thanks to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal that put Malaysia on the world map of infamy. How not to grab global notoriety when the lead role was played by none other than a former prime minister? When the story first broke in the United States and Britain, Malaysians began to feel like they were watching a Hollywood movie. Missing billions were moving in and out of banks in Switzerland, Singapore and the United States, some of which were used to bankroll the purchase of property in Beverly Hills, a private jet, a yacht, a Picasso painting and some other pretty penny stuff. There were plot-…