COMMENT | Malaysians have a right to know the truth

COMMENT | The preamble to the American TV series “My Little Secret” reads: “Everyone has something to hide, it is part of human nature. Deep down, people always have a secret, something so strange or scandalous that they do not tell even their closest friends.”

It is a dramatisation of real-life cases where trysts and extra-marital affairs lead to death. Although the series ended 10 years ago, the episodes are available on YouTube.

In Singapore, if you are a public figure, your life is no longer private and even what happens in the bedroom is no longer sacrosanct and ends up in the public domain.

Because of the high level of moral standards required of persons holding office, any nonconformity will eventually lead to losing their jobs or positions.

However, in Malaysia, sex and sleaze have been and continue to be used as political weapons. The two...