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Today, theSun and The NST run two separate stories the ask valid questions on the system to nab corruption and the corrupt.

QUESTION: Should AG have sole power?

Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim raised the obtuse question at a seminar organised by the Academy of Anti-Corruption Agency of Malaysia on combating corruption in the criminal justice system.

From theSun:

With growing public demand for transparency, is it still suitable for the Attorney-General (A-G) alone to decide if there is sufficient evidence to prosecute corrupt officials? Especially if the A-G is not accountable to anyone, not even Parliament?

QUESTION: Justice for sale: Are some judges corrupt?

At the same event yesterday, the Chief Justice revealed that he has, since his elevation in the Bench in 2003, heard the whispers, read the poison-pen letters, and is even willing to let the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to act, but so far, there is no evidence to back innuendoes and talk that any of his fellow judges are corrupt.

From The NST:

"The problem with corruption is that the corrupt cover their misdeeds very well," he said.

"Those judges who did it, they will feel it." [...]

He said even if only a few judges were corrupt, the entire system would be affected.

"If the judiciary is corrupt, the prosecutors will be frustrated, the defence will be frustrated and everyone will be frustrated. There will be no one to turn to. Only the judiciary can take care of the people."

Questions have been asked. The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.