Strife and shenanigans test the 'New Malaysia'.
While the arrests are seen as a positive move to maintain harmony in multi-faith Malaysia, the country’s non-Muslims are taking to social media to ask if police will act against those who defame religions other than Islam.
However, the current government led by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said several times that they fear there is an anti-government wave from some civil servants. Some quarters believe that it is actually a large number of civil servants who have yet to accept Malaysia’s new leaders and their different ways of getting things done.came out this week to remind civil servants of different political affiliations not to sabotage the government.
Without the support of the civil service — a powerful one in Malaysia due to its size and majority Malay Muslim composition, the job for the PH-led government will become even more difficult.
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