Month June 2026

Although the Johor state assembly was only due for dissolution by 20 April 2027, the election was called about 10 months earlier when Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi dissolved it on 1 June. At the time of the dissolution, Barisan Nasional leaders were highly optimistic.…

The May 13 incident in 1969 ended the Merdeka era administration, a Malay-led multiethnic elite collaboration consisting of UMNO, MCA and MIC with some democratic features. An emergency was imposed and later lifted but everything was no longer the same after the tragedy. Ethnic anxiety…