Big trouble in little Perlis

Muhyiddin found himself caught in the Perlis Move, a sudden, messy coup within the smallest state in the federation. — Bernama

IN Malaysian politics, the smallest state, Perlis, has often been an afterthought – until it recently became the setting for a real-world sequel to a cult movie classic.

For Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, what started as a localised power struggle quickly spiralled into a national debacle. In a striking case of life imitating art, the “Perlis Move” saw Muhyiddin caught in a power struggle as chaotic as the plot of Big Trouble in Little China.