Malaysia’s ‘interlok’ issue : communal sensitivities and the next elections

• Main Author: Farish A. Noor
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94121; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7958
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As the next general election looms in Malaysia, political groups seem to be pressing their demands on the Najib administration. Increasingly the demands from the various communities seem to be sectarian in nature. The controversy over the novel ‘Interlok’ is one of them.