Najib’s conviction : what does it mean for Muhyiddin?

• Main Author: Waikar, Prashant
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; International Political Economy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143968
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for crimes relating to the 1MDB-linked SRC International. Will this strain UMNO’s relations with Muhyiddin Yassin to a breaking point, or is Muhyiddin’s premiership still secure?