This article was published by The Straits Times on 10 May 2018.
Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article, based in part on ISEAS Commentary 2018/52, 7 May 2018 “New wave of Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea?”, was published by VN Express on 8 May 2018.
Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by The Straits Times on 9 May 2018.
Dr Francis Hutchinson is Senior Fellow and Coordinator Malaysia Studies Programme with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by TODAY on 8 May 2018.
Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by TODAY on 8 May 2018.
Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by TODAY on 8 May 2018.
Dr Francis Hutchinson is Senior Fellow and Coordinator Malaysia Studies Programme, while Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow, with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This interview was published by The Straits Times on 8 May 2018.
Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
“Green Tsunami in East Coast of Peninsula Malaysia” by Norshahril Saat
2018/55, 10 May 2018
Malaysians have decided, and Pakatan Harapan (PH) will form the new government. This is the BN’s and UMNO’s first defeat since the country’s independence. Many would attribute PH’s victory to a Malay “tsunami”—the Malay voters’, particularly from those from the rural areas, change of allegiance from BN to PH. But this does not explain the PAS victories in Kelantan and Terengganu, both Malay dominant and rural states. In Kelantan, PAS increased its state legislative assembly seats (SLA), and completely wiped out PH. It took 37 out of the 45 state seats, with BN winning only 8. At the parliament level, PAS won 9 of the 14 seats.