Why this leniency?

Nabila Raisa, Shekhertek, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
So, at long last, provisions are finally being made to scrap the errant realtors from punishment. (The Daily Star: August 4,2010). What are the reasons which prompted the lawmakers' parliamentary body on Real Estate Development and Management to take this lenient decision? I assume the members of the committee were never cheated, never made destitute by the realtors in any consideration, which some of our acquaintances were!