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Bersih 2.0: Malaysia’s King steps forth
By Ooi Kee Beng For TODAY │ 7 July 2011 THE SHOWDOWN scheduled for Saturday between the Malaysian government and the group of non-government organisations calling itself Bersih 2.0 has simmered...
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Weighing the political cost of July 9
By Ooi Kee Beng for TODAY │ 11 July 2011 AFTER THE EVENTS of July 9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak could be making a mistake if he calls snap elections any time soon. A...
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UMNO turning right leads BN downhill
by Ooi Kee Beng For TODAY, 2 Sept 2011 On July 9, the streets of Kuala Lumpur played host to animated engagements between demonstrators and the police. Bersih 2.0, which started out as a simple and...
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The Resurgence of Social Activism in Malaysia
By Ooi Kee Beng, For ISEAS Perspective, SINGAPORE, 26 Nov 2012 INTRODUCTION Malaysia’s Parliament has to be dissolved by the end of April 2013, following which Malaysians must go to the polls within 60...
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The Deuce Position and Najib’s Incumbency Advantage
By Ooi Kee Beng [This article was first published in The Edge Malaysia, Nov 26-Dec 2 issue] THE coming into being of a steady two-party system in Malaysia is often thought of as a necessary step in...
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Political Picnicking in KL
By Ooi Kee Beng (For YAHOO. 18 Jan 2013; see http://my.news.yahoo.com/political-picnicking-in-kl-042544037.html). On 12 January 2013, an estimated 100,000 Malaysians managed to pull off the latest in a...
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Why Malaysia’s opposition will take to the streets again
Ooi Kee Beng For The Straits Times, 10 November 2016 Mass demonstrations are a strategic forcing of an issue to a head. This is definitely so in the case of Malaysia’s Bersih 5 rally planned for Nov...
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