Nicholas Chung
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- Aug 14, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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Why Malaysia’s identity politics isn’t like the global right-wing rise (opens the original)
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Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid and Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said developed nations like the United States and United Kingdom only began to see the rise of right-wing politics in recent decades. Oh pointed out that both countries had attempted to “deracialise” their society in the modern era, with the goal of promoting a sense of national identity among citizens across all ethnic groups. He said this occurred in the UK after the end of the
Bersatu suffers 3rd electoral wipeout in a row (opens the original)
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The party led by Muhyiddin Yassin had contested two-thirds of the state assembly seats after breaking ranks with the PAS-led Perikatan Nasional, which entered an electoral understanding with Barisan Nasional. In doing so, Bersatu clashed with fellow PN members PAS and Wawasan in eight seats but avoided clashing with other PN-linked parties Gerakan and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party. Unofficial results showed Bersatu lost its two existing seats, Labu and Gemas, to BN and PN respectively. Ber
Wawasan guns for crucial police vote through retired senior officers (opens the original)
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Akademi Nusantara’s Azmi Hassan and Mazlan Ali of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia said Wawasan president Hamzah Zainudin would have made use of his relationship with these officers to woo them into joining his party. After all, Hamzah was home minister from March 2020 to November 2022, they said. Mazlan pointed out that there were over 130,000 policemen across the country, while many had wives and even children aged 18 and above, making them eligible to vote. While spread out across federal and st
From 3 seats to none: fragmented PN faces wipeout (opens the original)
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The opposition coalition took a heavy hit even before polling day was fixed, when PAS decided early last month to end its political cooperation with Bersatu. PN’s status and direction were thrown into limbo, even though PAS took over chairmanship of the coalition in February through its vice-president, Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. Nonetheless, Bersatu may have had more at stake in the Johor polls, as the party would have been seeking to underline its relevance, if any, to PAS. However, the Islamic par
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