納吉布應就可疑資金接受調查
This weekend thousands of Malaysians massed on the streets of Kuala Lumpur calling for the resignation of Najib Razak, the prime minister. They want answers to questions related to nearly $700m found in his private bank account. Mr Najib has denied any wrongdoing, saying that the cash was from a Middle Eastern benefactor, though he will not say who. He has also denied that the money has anything to do with 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, a hugely indebted national development fund whose opaque transactions have raised suspicions among Malaysians. Mr Najib is chairman of 1MDB’s advisory board.
上週末，數千名馬來西亞人在吉隆坡街頭聚集，呼籲馬來西亞總理納吉布拉扎克(Najib Razak)辭職。他們要求有關他個人銀行賬戶中近7億美元資金的問題得到解答。納吉布否認自己存在任何過錯，他表示這筆資金來自一位中東捐贈者，但他不願透露捐贈者的身份。他還否認這筆資金與“1MDB”(1Malaysia Development Berhad)有關，1MDB是一家負債累累的國家發展基金，其不透明的交易引起了馬來西亞人的懷疑。納吉布擔任該基金顧問委員會的主席。
If Malaysia were a more robust democracy, Mr Najib would have been obliged to explain himself, or step down. Instead, he has moved decisively against the bodies that were meant to be investigating him. The auditor-general has been pushed aside.
如果馬來西亞是一個民主制度更健全的國家，納吉布將被迫親自做出解釋，否則就下臺。但他卻對應該負責調查他的機構採取了強硬的行動。總審計長已被革職。
Conveniently, four heads of a task force co-ordinating the investigation have been promoted. Their probe has been halted, at least for the moment. Mr Najib sacked his deputy for daring to suggest he might have a case to answer. Two newspapers leading the investigative charge have been suspended.
協調此次調查的工作小組的4名負責人順勢獲得升遷。調查已停止，至少目前如此。納吉布罷免了副總理的職務，因後者大膽提出他可能需要做出詳細解釋。兩家率先報道納吉布面臨調查的報紙被暫停營業。
Those illiberal tendencies were back this weekend. The website of Bersih, the group organising the demonstrations, was blocked. Kuala Lumpur authorities refused organisers permission to stage a protest. It also banned demonstrators from wearing yellow T-shirts, which have become an opposition symbol. The next thing, it will be prohibiting bananas.
上週末，壓制自由的傾向迴歸。組織此次示威的Bersih網站被屏蔽。馬來西亞政府拒絕批准組織者舉行抗議，還禁止示威者穿着黃色T恤衫——“黃衫”已成爲反對派的標誌。下一步就得是封殺香蕉了。
Mr Najib now needs to explain himself. If the money in his bank account is really a donation, he owes it to Malaysians to say who gave it to him and what he has spent it on. Otherwise, it would be natural to suspect that the donor might want something in return.
納吉布現在需要親自做出解釋。如果他銀行賬戶中的這筆資金確實來自捐贈，那麼他有責任告訴馬來西亞人民捐贈者是誰，以及這筆資金被他用在了何處。否則，人們自然要懷疑捐贈者可能希望獲得某種回報。
