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South China Morning Post | Forget 1MDB, could Najib Razak be Malaysia’s next prime minister?
Three years after being booted from office amid a global financial scandal, the disgraced former leader’s brand, and that of his Umno party, is resurrecting Najib’s second coming has parallels to Mahathir’s messianic return. In his case it is based on an appeal to...
CSIS | Spotlight – Malaysia: November 2021
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image On October 4, the state legislative assembly of Melaka in the south of Malaysia was dissolved and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-led government collapsed after four members of the assembly, including two members of UMNO,...
CSIS | Spotlight – Malaysia: November 2021
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image The successful trans woman entrepreneur Nur Sajat, hunted by the Malaysian police since January and harassed for several years, has finally reached Australia where she obtained asylum last month. Nur Sajat was under warrant of arrest to...
CSIS | Spotlight – Malaysia: October 2021
Photo: Rohd Rasfan/ Getty Image Over the past month Malaysia has witnessed great political change… almost. The resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin came after months of tensions between the government and the palace. Parliament had been suspended amid the...
South China Morning Post | Malaysia’s political pendulum has already swung back to Umno. Is Muhyiddin next?
The country has a new prime minister in Ismail Sabri, but its cabinet is mostly the same as Muhyiddin’s – signalling a return to conservative Malay politics The former premier’s position heading the National Recovery Council is another sign of his survival instinct....