Unfortunately, whoever is given the opportunity and support is branded a crony. Before he succeeded, there was no accusation of cronyism. But if he succeeds and becomes rich, he will be accused of being crony although he has not received any fovernment assistance and is not close to any leader. Due to accusation of cronyism, the government is not able to assist anyon, especially during this economic downturn. Any assistance rendered is termed a bail-out. Apparently a straight and transparent government should let problematic companies, especially those owned by Bumiputeras, to wind-up. It seems as if certain quarters want to see Bumiputeras remain unsuccessful forever. They see this economic downturn which they have causd as an opportunity to kill all Bumiputera-owned companies. To them, maintaining poverty amongst the Bumiputeras is fair.