Malaysia: crisis

Malaysia: crisis
In Malay malaise we said that the Malaysian government's arrangements designed to manage the interests and prospects of ethnic groups may be unsettled in Saturday elections

* Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi was last week sworn in for another five-year term, having rejected calls for his resignation following the government's loss of its two-thirds majority in Saturday's election.
* The elections have left the ruling Barisan Nasional in crisis. It will have to find new ways of substantiating its claim to be the only credible representative of all major races