Like any other nation, the right people changes every election. Especially in nations with poor leadership.
I guess Asia is lucky that the gangs haven’t learned that you have to pay everyone in power, and everyone who could come to power. As soon as your gangs and mafias learn that, you’ll be as hosed as we are in the US. And your gangs and mafias will all of a sudden become “corporations”.
They did pay the right people. It's just that the "right people" lost the presidency in 2022.