Ketupat & Co.

Destabilisation or Distraction? Malaysians Deserve Transparency in Political Power Games Every few months in Malaysia, a familiar headline appears like clockwork: “Plot to destabilise the government.” It sounds dramatic. Mysterious forces. Secret conspiracies. Hidden hands pulling invisible strings behind the curtains of power. If Malaysian politics were a Netflix series, this would be the episode where the music gets intense and someone whispers the word “conspiracy.” But here’s the problem. For ordinary Malaysians trying to survive rising prices, traffic jams, and the emotional trauma of dealing with government websites, these political power games often feel less like a national emergency and more like another episode of political theatre . The script is always similar. Someone somewhere claims powerful people are trying to overthrow, destabilise, sabotage, undermine, manipulate, influence, or otherwise disturb the delicate ecosystem of Malaysian politics. Suddenly...