Sabah

• Malaysia has operated as a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy since gaining independence in 1957. • Long-term stability under a single coalition enabled significant industrialization and the completion of major infrastructure projects like Putrajaya and the North-South Expressway. • Despite economic growth, the era of one-coalition rule faced criticism for fostering patronage and weakening institutional checks and balances.

Blaze struck a ‘water village’ that is home to some of Malaysia’s poorest residentsA huge fire destroyed about 1,000 makeshift homes, many of them built on stilts over water, and displaced thousands of people in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Sunday, authorities said.The blaze broke out early on Sunday morning in a “water village” in Sandakan district in Sabah’s northeast, where some of Malaysia’s poorest residents, including indigenous and stateless communities, live in closely packed, wooden stilt houses. Continue reading...