Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim: Calling for sense, sensibility

By KINIBIZ

Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim_728x400Malaysia today faces myriad issues, from rising religious extremism and racial tensions to increasingly entrenched corruption and growing overstepping of constitutional boundaries. In a time when the nation urgently needs to take stock and face painful realities, former secretary-general of the Treasury Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim is among prominent figures calling for a return to our collective senses.

Issues
#1

Returning to the Constitution

A constitution, as well as the fundamental principles it represents, is the bedrock of a nation’s governance. But what happens when the constitution’s supremacy is encroached upon, as is the case ...
#2

Finding a place for religion in governance

The Malaysian Constitution guarantees religious freedom, but how much freedom especially for the Muslim individual? Meanwhile the clashes between Syariah law and civil law grow despite clear ...
#3

On corruption, liberty and political funding

In the third part of the KINIBIZ interview with Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim, the former Treasury secretary-general shares his perspective on corruption, the freedom of Malaysians as well as the ...
#4

Keeping education apolitical

Having discussed the Constitution, rising religious extremism and corruption among other things in the previous parts of the interview, the conversation with former Treasury secretary-general ...
#5

The civil service, then and now

While politicians come and go, the civil service remains the engine of a nation’s administration. How does Malaysia’s current bureaucracy compare with its former self of decades past?