How to Navigate a Polarised Malaysia

Beyond the Ballot Box · Jan 22, 2026 · 47m

Malaysia is incredibly polarised right now, especially across racial and religious lines. Perhaps that has always been the case to some degree, given the ethnocentric political parties and culture that have dominated a bulk of our history since independence and especially so post 1969. Things seem to be getting worse. You often get the sense that every community feels that they’re marginalised or that they don’t have a place in this country, or maybe that’s just the social media comment section.

Of course, there’s no silver bullet to solving this. In this episode, we speak to Jason Wee, the…