Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image Another by-election will be held next month on July 6 in Sungai Bakap following the death of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff on May 24. The polls will pit Joohari Ariffin against Abidin Ismail, respectively...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image Anwar Ibrahim’s government feels emboldened by its win in the Kuala Kubu Baharu byelection on May 11. Pakatan Harapan (PH), the leading coalition in the government, and Perikatan Nasional (PN), the opposition coalition, saw only...
MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images On February 16, 2024, Saifuddin Nasution, the minister of Home Affairs, appears in the media in full army gear. Malaysia is at war, or more exactly his ministry is at war: a war against illegal immigrants, refugees, and undocumented...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image Malaysian press and international observers are reporting a rise in religious tensions in the country, linked to controversy related to “Allah” socks sold by KK Mart, Malaysia’s second largest mini-market chain. While the controversy...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image Malaysia’s parliament held its first session of the year on February 26. In his opening speech, the new king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, demanded that members of parliament refrain from political plotting and instead focus on legislation....
Credit: AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File The heir of a glorified line of politicians, Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak (2009-2018) embodied the promise of a new era of liberalism in both the economic and social realms. However, history has yet to determine...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image With the year 2024 underway and the upcoming lunar new year, Malaysian politics continues its drive on an even tone. Rumors of a possible government overthrow spread among the public in early January, dubbed “the Dubai Move” after the...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image On December 12, just over a year into his government, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reshuffled his cabinet, switching portfolios, creating new positions and ministries, and bringing in familiar faces from the 2018 Pakatan Harapan (PH)...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image The first year of Anwar Ibrahim’s government has been a shaky one, pressured by elections in six states and a ferocious pro-Malay opposition. The Pakatan Harapan (PH)-Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance is a mismatch, and its movements are...
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image The Malaysian government’s Budget 2024 was adopted this month. At a size of 393.8 billion ringgit (or approximately $83.3 billion), the budget is the largest to be tabled in the country’s history. This includes a record high RM303.8...