A Muddy Pond
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Politics is like a muddy pond.
Whoever plunges into it comes out dirty.
A Chinese adage well described the political arena as  "all the crows under the sky are equally black." (天下乌鸦一般黑）

Here the crows are referring to the politicians in general.
When you are in power, whether you buy property cheap or expensive,
You can't avoid to be suspected of corruption or abuse of power.
When you buy cheap,  you are suspected of flexing your political muscles.
When you buy expensive,  people would still suspect you paying with easy money obtained from corruption.
Either way you are dubious of  conflict of interest.

Politicians should emulate the shining example of the late Tok Guru,  Nik Aziz.
He stayed in his own house although he had been offered the official residence of  Menteri Besar.
He was seen eating 'nasi lemak' at a roadside stall by himself without any bodyguard around him.
'Rakyat jelata' all respected him as  Tok Guru,  a politician as clean as a crystal.
He led a simple life that nobody had any chance to accuse him of corruption.