By John Roberts, May 30, 2012
The politically-motivated charges are aimed at undermining the opposition coalition as the government prepares for a possible early election.
By Dante Pastrana, May 4, 2012
While touted as a more democratic alternative to the Internal Security Act, the new legislation maintains crucial police state powers.
By John Roberts, May 3, 2012
The demonstration points to rising social and political tensions as the global economic crisis impacts on Malaysia.
By John Roberts, January 10, 2012
The High Court decision deals a significant blow to the government’s efforts to jail Anwar as it prepares for elections.
By John Roberts, November 8, 2011
The preparations for an early poll are driven in part by government concerns over the global impact of the economic crises in the eurozone and the United States.
By Will Morrow, July 27, 2011
Labor’s policy will send at least 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, a country notorious for its mistreatment of refugees.
By John Roberts, July 23, 2011
The fact that the government has whipped up a communist scare campaign reflects deeper fears in Malaysia’s ruling circles of growing social tensions and the potential for unrest.
By John Roberts, July 11, 2011
Despite the limited character of the Bersih coalition’s call for electoral changes, the government was clearly unnerved by the rally.
By John Roberts, May 20, 2011
The court not only ruled that the prosecution had a prima facie case against Anwar, but declared that the evidence of its chief witness was “reliable”.
By John Roberts, May 6, 2011
Any ruling by the judge to acquit Anwar would run counter to the government’s determined campaign to remove the opposition leader from the political scene.
By John Roberts, December 29, 2010
Through Anwar’s suspension the government has regained the two-thirds parliamentary majority needed to change the country’s constitution at will.
By John Roberts, November 29, 2010
Visits to Malaysia by Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates earlier this month amounted to a US endorsement of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-led coalition government.