The most obvious example of destructive self-interest is when politicians use the privileges that SEZs confer, including access to cheap land and fiscal incentives, for self-enrichment. SEZs around the world are rife with examples of corrupt land deals involving government officials. There have also been many instances where members appointed to the board of the SEZ regulator have their own political and business interests in the SEZs. They thus use their influential position to affect SEZ regulations in ways that do not benefit the SEZ scheme as a whole (Farole 2011: 182).