Najib’s Clemency Barely Moved Markets But Malaysia’s Governance Test Is Far From Over

By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – Malaysia’s markets showed little immediate alarm after former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was granted conditional clemency allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest. But the muted reaction should not be mistaken for proof that the decision…

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News Analysis:‘Gone Are the Days’: DAP’s Nine Wins Mask a Warning From Its Base

DAP remained Pakatan Harapan’s strongest performer in Negeri Sembilan, winning nine of the 11 seats it contested. But its narrow defeats in Chennah and Repah, and fading enthusiasm among some non-Malay voters have left the party confronting a harder question: whether remaining in the federal administration is costing it support among the constituency that built…

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Blurred Alliances Put Negeri Sembilan’s ‘Middle Malay’ Voter at Centre Stage

The August 1 36-seat election is no conventional three-coalition contest. PH and BN govern Malaysia together but are fighting each other in Negeri Sembilan, while BN is cooperating with PAS-led PN and Bersatu is contesting separately. According to Universiti Malaya’s Prof Awang Azman Awang Pawi, the pivotal constituency is a Malay middle that is economically…

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