With Malaysian Politics on A Knife’s Edge, What Challenges Will Muhyiddin Face?
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
April 2020 PICKING ON THE PAST
If Malaysia ’s new government under Muhyiddin Yassin is a solid one, then one could perhaps begin declaring a new era in the country’s politics.But it is not, and it in fact depends heavily on parties like the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) and the Islamist Parti Agama Se-Malaysia (PAS) to stay in power.Believing that Malaysia is in a new political era would be as foolhardy as the attitude of those who believed in the wake of the May 2018...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
