Jun 25,2019 Special Forum

Truce and Tales in New Malaysia: Happy First Anniversary

The expression “New Malaysia” or Malaysia Baharu emerged in 2016 as a semantic capsule for the democratic aspirations of the movement for electoral reform Bersih (“clean” in Malay), whose rally in November of that year brought more than 100,000 people to the streets of Kuala Lumpur.1 “New Malaysia” soon became the leitmotiv of the entire […]

Sophie Lemiere

Truce and Tales in New Malaysia: Happy First Anniversary