In an interview with the South China Morning Post, the former Member of Parliament admitted to the challenge posed to the reformist Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) — founded by her father — by conservatives who were mastering social media to whip up identity politics and divide the country.
Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and a political figure in her own right, warned in an interview not long ago that Malaysia had wandered down a “scary” path of racial and cultural division.

