Death of a dynasty?

The face of a devil in all consuming greed The successor to the powerful Chief Minister Taib Mahmud, 74 has yet to be resolved. The increasingly frail Taib has been in office for 28 years, the longest term of any chief minister or menteri besar in the history of Malaysia. Taib's son Sulaiman has been mooted as the most likely candidate....

Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times

Who is Mahathir Mohamad? Review By : Mr. Hill is the H.W. Arndt professor of Southeast Asian economies at Australian National University. Dr. Mahathir's personal story, as recounted in Barry Wain's "Malaysian Maverick," tracks the country's broader post-war history. The prime minister's origins wouldn't necessarily have augured a great...