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The Malaysian miracle: Polarised but stable

Derwin Pereira
Derwin Pereira • 8 min read
The Malaysian miracle: Polarised but stable
Young Malaysians should look to the marketplace — of goods and ideas — to sustain the popular momentum of the new Malaysia. Photo: Bloomberg
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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.

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.

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