@ Stonevalley - I lived and worked in Malaysia for 3 years and only partly share your assesment. Malay politics are dirty at times, no doubt, and face saving is as everywhere in Asia a big issue but the people I worked with were all highly competent and professional.
We here in Australia should be very careful accusing officials in other countries being corrupt.
Regardless I believe that the Malay Authorities are holding back information. (wrote it before).