Malaysia in 2007 : High Corruption and Low Opposition

Abstract/Sommario: 2007 appeared to be a year of political and economic continuity in Malaysia. The government won the three by-elections. The economy grew at 5,6%. Tensions over ethnic relations and Islamisation simmered, though with probably no greater intensity than in past years. And foreign relations were smoothly conducted. But in an extraordinary scandal, a prominent political advisor went on trial for abetting the murder of his former mistress