In Malaysia, a dispute over the pardoning of former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has reopened a deeper question that haunts democratic societies: whether the principles of justice are truly universal, or whether they are selectively invoked depending on who stands to benefit. A Johor UMNO Youth leader challenged a PKR parliamentarian to apply the same moral scrutiny to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's 2018 pardon that he directed at Najib's, suggesting that consistency — not convenience — is the true measure of institutional integrity. The exchange, unfolding on a September Saturday across M