That's obviously edited. And even the organization has already admitted that it is indeed edited. And they seem to have a valid excuse: to keep the winner's anonymity. But I don't understand how editing is relevant. After all, the winner is already covered all over.

The doubt as to corruption has solid basis. Government officials having access to money have all been corrupt. If they are even stealing money from small projects at the expense of the project's obvious quality, why shouldn't they steal huge amounts of money just given away to unknown and unidentified individuals? That would be much easier to steal. If they move heaven and earth just to steal from carefully audited government funds, this is more attractive to steal.