If a leader is cheating on his wife or husband, it is not an example of a good example or can be followed by the people and it is a form of moral corruption.

Sex scandals involving political leaders can not be taken lightly not because they are sensational, but because they bring about the credibility of the leader.

A person who has sex scandal with a spouse other than his or her spouse, whether with men or women is a fraudulent and untrustworthy person.

What community will we be, if we can accept, tolerate or blind our eyes to fraud?

To be a leader of the state and government, not only does one need to be competent and qualified, but he needs to have high credibility and reliability so his policies and decisions are believed and followed by many.

For the reasons above, when a political leader in a government or law-enforcement office is involved with sex scandals, it is no longer limited to the personal affairs of the leader but it is also a public and government affair.

And so in liberal countries such as in the United States and Europe, politicians who have sex scandals while holding government posts are not acceptable to society and are being investigated and taken action by the government.

Clinton-Lewinsky scandal - Wikipedia The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The sexual relationship took place between 1995 and 1997 and came to light in 1998. Clinton ended a televised speech in late January 1998 with the statement that he "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky".

Gingrich admits having affair at time of Clinton scandal Newt Gingrich, the darling of the conservative right and architect of the Republicans' 1990s "contract with America", confirmed that an extra-marital affair was ongoing at the time he forced the impeachment of President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair.

John Edwards extramarital affair - Wikipedia John Edwards is a former United States Senator from North Carolina and a Democratic Party vice-presidential and presidential candidate. In August 2008, Edwards admitted to an extramarital affair, which was initially reported in late-2007 by the National Enquirer but was given little attention outside the tabloid press and political blogosphere.

Anthony Weiner sexting scandals - Wikipedia Following a report from the in September 2016, the FBI investigated Weiner for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. His laptop was seized and emails related to the Hillary Clinton email controversy were found on it, causing a controversy late in the presidential election.

The above cases have been seriously investigated by government agencies to prove the legality of the alleged misconduct and the sex scandal as it involves public interest.

The people need to know who the leaders are leading their government who make the policy, draft laws and make decisions that determine their fortune.

If Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir did not want to take action, then he definitely favour and only interested in thrashing his political enemies alone, but instead closed his eyes to the cases of his political associates.

At first I did not want to comment on this issue because I was not interested in personal attacks politics that is what politicians always do.However, I also do not want government politicians who are responsible for leading the country to escape as soon as they commit a criminal offence, have moral problems, or illustrate a bad example.A leader should demonstrate a good example of the community, especially to the children in the family institution.Family institution is one of the important principles in building a civilized, polite and tertiary community.Married couples, with sexually and freely intercourse with others, spoil the family institution and lead to the decadence of decent society.If someone is cheating and can not be loyal to keeping his own family institution, how can he be trusted to lead a larger public institution where people expect high levels of credibility from leaders, legislators and policymakers to them?If a leader is cheating on his wife or husband, can we believe that he also does not cheat, steal or take bribes?Nobody wants to follow leaders they can not believe.That's why this is serious.Former US President Bill Clinton was investigated by the FBI and the US Congress on a sex scandal with a worker named Monica Lewinski. At first, Clinton did not claim to have this connection.Newt Gingrich, Republican party leader in the United States was forced to resign from Congress for his sex scandal.John Edwards, a US senator who is contesting for president, has to end his campaign for having sexual intercourse with an artist and cheating on his wife.Anthony Weiner, New York's elected representative was forced to resign from Congress and sentenced to 21 months' jail for sending sms and pornographic images to several women.In Malaysia, if there is a sex scandal involving government administrators who have become viral, the government should investigate this matter to find out whether the allegations are true or defamatory.If there were no police reports on video scandals of government leaders who had been viral yesterday, the police would still have to open an investigation paper and take action on this case to seek the truth.The government can not shut one eye on the matter or hide it under the rug.