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The first is to introduce the “institutional turn” in examining the Malaysian civil service. The purpose is to bring back the “centrality of political values, collective choice and organisation” (Peters, 2019, p. 31) in the analysis on public policy and administration.
- Freedom of Expression and Assembly
- Police Abuse and Impunity
- Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Trafficking Victims
- Freedom of Religion
- Criminal Justice
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women’s Rights
- Children’s Rights
- Environment
- Key International Actors
The government uses a range of broad and vaguely worded laws to prosecute critical speech, including the 1948 Sedition Act and section 233 of the 1998 Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA). Graphic artist Fahmi Reza faced several investigations and arrests for his political satire. In February, he was charged twice under CMA section 233 for poste...
Police routinely torture suspects in custody with impunity. The standard of care for detainees is problematic, with reports of deaths from treatable illnesses. At least 20 detainees had diedin police custody centers during the year. In July, the government took a major step backward on police accountability by pushing a bill through parliament to c...
Malaysia is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention. About 185,000 refugees and asylum seekers—the majority from Myanmar, including over 100,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims—are registered with the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) but are not granted legal status. They are unable to work or enroll in government schools, forcing many into situati...
Malaysia restricts the rights of followers of any branches of Islam other than Sunni, with those following Shia or other branches subject to arrest for deviancy. In June, the religious affairs minister warnedMuslims not to participate in a Japanese festival on the grounds that it contained elements of other religions.
The government announced plans to abolish the mandatory death penalty in June. In October, amendments were tabledin parliament to do so but failed to pass prior to the dissolution of parliament ahead of the general elections. Malaysia detains individuals without trial under restrictive laws. Both the 1959 Prevention of Crime Act (POCA) and the 2015...
State-sponsored discrimination against LGBT people remains pervasive in Malaysia, including the funding of conversion practices that seek to change people’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Federal law punishes “carnal knowledge against the order of nature,” interpreted as adult consensual same-sex conduct, with up to 20 years in prison and m...
In August, the Court of Appeal overturned a 2021 High Court rulingthat granted automatic entitlement to Malaysian citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers. The decision reinstates a discriminatory practice in which women are denied equal rights as men to confer citizenship to their spouses and children. In Apri...
Malaysia continues to permit child marriage under both civil and Islamic law. Girls ages 16 and 17 can marry with the permission of their state’s chief minister. For Muslims, most state Islamic laws set a minimum age of 16 for girls and 18 for boys, in violation of Malaysia’s obligations under international human rights law, but also permit marriag...
In March, construction started on the Nenggiri hydropower project in Kelantan, despite concerns from Indigenous communities. An Orang Asli group in Kelantan is protesting the dam, stating it will threaten their homes and ancestral land, livelihoods, culture, and identity, and access to clean water and food, and that affected communities did not rec...
Malaysia has been very critical of the failure of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make any progress addressing the crisis in Myanmar. Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah urged the blocto formally engage with the opposition National Unity Government.
A key takeaway point from this chapter is that having a smaller and leaner government without compromising the quality of public services is the. Reviewer’s interest: The book is a case study of public policy and public administration in Malaysia (reviewers native country).
Sep 29, 2020 · Successive governments have hijacked democratic institutions for their own political agenda. The United Malays National Organization (UMNO) was in power for 61 years until a major political change in 2018 when the party, led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, lost the general elections.
Mar 5, 2020 · Malaysia's ruling alliance - once celebrated as a force for historic change - has collapsed. Why?
Mar 15, 2019 · Malaysia’s new government will need to deal with several key issues in the next 12 months to establish itself as a ‘change and reform’ administration, namely the Malay/Bumiputra Agenda, the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63), political Islam, and a clear timetable for transition of power.
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Much research in Malaysia on this subject is influenced by the paradigms of New Public Management, and this work is no different in its approach, but the institutional analysis it carries brings more dimension to understanding public administration in the world.
