His detention follows recent events that point to an expanding environment of highly selective suppression.
The arrest of Kean Wong, a Malaysian who edited the book titled “Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance, And Hope in New Malaysia”, is another alarming example of actions by the country’s enforcement agencies that reasonable-minded Malaysians can only see as unjustifiable.
Based on publicly available information, the contents of the book – a compilation of essays by a number of writers, edited by Wong, that focused on the 2018 change in government – have not been called into question. Malaysians continue to endure dress codes in public places, which appear to be nothing but the imposition of clothing standards determined by public department heads.
As these incidents keep unfolding, a Malaysian government supposedly voted in on the promise of reform and justice for all is largely seen as silent. A deeply worrying picture of uncontrolled authoritarianism is clearly emerging, and Malaysians are waiting for their elected representatives and the central government to deliver leadership, direction and decisive action on these matters before things spiral out of control.
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