00:00Let's stop pretending this is just a Saba story. It isn't. This is now a Putrajaya problem, and it has a name. Albert Tay.
00:09A man who admits he offered bribes. A man who now claims he holds a 300-page explosive dossier.
00:16A man whose allegations have already cost the Prime Minister his political secretary, Shamsul Iskandar Akin.
00:22And that resignation? That wasn't professionalism. It was damage control.
00:27Let's be very clear. Tay is no saint. He's been charged. He stood in court accused of offering hundreds of thousands of ringgit to Saba politicians for mineral licenses.
00:38But here's the discomfort Malaysia cannot run from. Sometimes the messenger is dirty. But the message still burns the house down.
00:46Because these are not vague claims. They are dated. Itemized. Specific.
01:02These are traceable claims. If they're false, prove it. If they're true, prosecute it. But do not bury them.
01:09And this story did not start in Putrajaya. It began in Saba. And it didn't just target mineral licenses.
01:15From November last year, the pattern shows something much bigger. A systematic attempt to destabilize Saba's government. To shake public confidence. To turn one man's license problem into a political crisis.
01:28The timing wasn't random. The escalation wasn't accidental. And in Malaysian politics, chaos is never free.
01:35When the inner circle of a prime minister is named, this is no longer about a businessman and a few assemblymen.
01:41This becomes a national integrity test. And Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim now has only two options. Not three. Not five. Two.
01:51He can open the door to a full and fearless MACC investigation. Or he can be remembered as the man who looked away.
01:59There is no middle ground.
02:01Albert Tay is not Malaysia's hero. But he may be its loudest warning.
02:06And the question Malaysia must now ask is even bigger than corruption.
02:09Where did Albert Tay get the millions of ringgit to fund all of this? And who was really bankrolling him?
02:15Read Frankie DeCruza's column, Albert Tay from accused bribe-giver to political detonator, for the full unflinching account of how corruption climbed to the very center of power.
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