Paul Low says is powerless, will bank on PM’s stature to fight graft

By Boo Su-Lyn

May 17, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 - Datuk Paul Low said today he was hoping to rely on the prime minister’s stature to enable him to fight corruption, admitting that he has no enforcement powers.
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Men prepare bars of salt to be sold in a shop in the main market of the city of Mekele, northern Ethiopia May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
A labourer cleans the window of an office building near a residential complex (back and reflection) under construction in Shenyang, Liaoning province May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt gets out of a vehicle as he arrives to surrender at a court in Mumbai May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
People wearing a white cloth take part in ‘Divisor’, a performance art piece by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape at Hong Kong’s financial Central district May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
A boy from a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp looks up as he huddles next to his mother while queuing for food in a school outside of Sittwe, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
A woman cries in front of a tombstone of one of her family members, who is a victim of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980, at a cemetery in Gwangju, south of Seoul, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as a boy wave a Syrian opposition flag in Raqqa province east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
Muslim devotees raise their hands to receive sweets as offerings after prayers inside the shrine of Muslim saint Shah-e-Alam, during Urs in Ahmedabad May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
Friends hold candles and a picture of Mohamed al-Saado who was shot earlier this week by unknown assailants in Raqqa, east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
Buddhists take a rest under lanterns as they shelter themselves from the sun before a memorial service to celebrate Buddha’s birthday at the Jogye Temple in Seoul May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic

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