Dan Martin

In Radio Free Sarawak’s nightly call-in show, their target is increasingly Sarawak’s powerful boss, Abdul Taib Mahmud, 76.

'I am convinced, we will win government,' Anwar says. 'We call it a 'Malaysian Spring', but our method is elections (not uprisings).'

Dr Mahathir Mohamad is wary about the Najib administration's liberal push as change can cause ethnic tensions.

'There are places where corruption can make it hard to get things done. Penang is relatively free of that,' says investor Karl Steinberg.

ANALYSIS Recent events have brought budget airline pioneer AirAsia and its flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes down a little closer to earth.

ANALYSIS The opposition leader must now reinvent himself from serial victim to viable leader of the multi-ethnic nation.

ANALYSIS Najib Abdul Razak’s vow to move away from Malaysia’s authoritarian past is an acknowledgement of growing pressure for real democracy.