He (Najib Razak) has spent the last half-decade strengthening his position within Umno, and the past year since the 1MDB scandal broke purging his party of potential adversaries. This past summer, Najib fired his attorney-general (Abdul Gani Patail), who had been leading the 1MDB investigation. Malaysia exemplifies how corruption drives can fall short in countries with a single political party and weak governing institutions.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He (Najib Razak) has spent the last half-decade strengthening his position within Umno, and the past year since the 1MDB scandal broke purging his party of potential adversaries. This past summer, Najib fired his attorney-general (Abdul Gani Patail), who had been leading the 1MDB investigation. Malaysia exemplifies how corruption drives can fall short in countries with a single political party and weak governing institutions." in the context of "Ian Bremmer (2016) cited in: "M'sia on Time Magazine's list of corruption scandals" in Malaysiakini, 18 March 2016." to mean that wisdom is timeless.