Watershed Elections for Malaysia

By Karim Raslan, Wong Chin Huat, Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

May 2013 COVER STORY
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Malaysia’s Arab Spring happened in September 1998 when former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was arrested. By refusing to go quietly then, he precipitated a movement whose effects are still reverberating through the country.The Reformasi was born, and the empowerment felt by those involved has not disappeared but has instead grown and spread. The significance of that movement was more than a simple show of support for Anwar. Instead of a dam bursting, the game...

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Karim Raslan

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Wong Chin Huat

A political scientist by training, Wong Chin Huat is a fellow at the Penang Institute and a Bersih 2.0 steering committee member. One of his recent hobbies is walking on the streets without notifying the police.

Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.

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