Old politics in New Malaysia


HAPPY New Year? Not quite, for those of us who had expected things to change significantly under “Mal­aysia Baru”.

The euphoria over last May’s watershed GE14, which toppled Barisan Nasional from six decades of power, has largely faded with the new realities on the ground.

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