Tag Archives: UMNO

*Attention: Readers,  I will be taking a two week break from posting.  Posting will restart December 20th* Cambodia:  More on the battle between soft authoritarian leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian opposition leader, Sam Rainsy.  Rainsy’s theatrics concerning a territorial dispute between Vietnam and Cambodia resulted in Hun Sen stripping Rainsy of his parliamentary […]

-Najib Razak’s  United Malays National Organization (UMNO) is fanning racial flames in an attempt to shore up power for its National Front Coalition.   Although Najib came to office promising to be more inclusive of minorities, recent electoral pressure from the opposition People’s Alliance has prompted a change in strategy.  Analyst believe the UMNO wants […]