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New Mandala | Gangsta to the Roots: A Gangsta’s Paradise

New Mandala | Gangsta to the Roots: A Gangsta’s Paradise

What if the liberalisation of the public sphere since the Mahathir era paved the way for the emergence of civil surrogates of political parties? What if the so-called “civil society” was used as a veil to hide and promote the rise of militants who are in fact...