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High demand for university degrees in Malaysia opens door to corruption.  The massive demand for university degrees makes education vulnerable to bribery and corruption, said University Malaya's Seventh Residential College president Syahirah Huda Abd Rahman.
June Moh/New Straits Times: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/232750/massive-demand-university-degrees-malaysia-opens-door-bribery-corruption

Pakistan’s top court orders PM be investigated for corruption.  Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was given a reprieve when the Supreme Court ordered he be investigated for corruption, but ruled there was not yet sufficient evidence to oust him from power.
AFP/Free Malaysia Today: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2017/04/21/pakistans-top-court-orders-pm-be-investigated-for-corruption/

Dangers in driving corruption hearings underground (opinion).  "TI Australia holds a firm belief that public hearings for the purpose of an investigation are, in proper situations, essential to the effective operation of an anti-corruption agency."

Anton Whealy/The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/there-are-dangers-in-driving-corruption-hearings-underground/news-story/44bd3600241ad99423a8fd3c678a3c6f

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