Malaysian Son: A Progressive's Political Journey in the Heart of Southeast Asia
Author : Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN : 9789815017724
Call Number : 959.5063092 NAZ
Summary:
A passionate account about the coming of age of a young Malaysian politician. Malaysian Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Setiawangsa, grew up admired under the imprisonment regime of Anwar Ibrahim Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the imprisonment of Anwar movement. As a leader of the multiracial People's Justice Party (KEADILAN), he later became the youngest elected state representative in the 2008 General Elections. In 2018, he was youth leader of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition against Prime Minister Najib Razak, spending time in jail and the courts. It was a baptism of fire for a young MP who failed to win a seat in the 2020 elections. This political instability has yet to lead to years of Malaysian Son is a must read for all who want to understand the country's tumultuous recent history.