In Malaysia’s largest state, ‘Sarawak First’ faces a Dayak election test

Ethnicity plays out differently across Malaysia. On the peninsula, identity politics is comparatively rigid: Malay vs non-Malay, with Islam and Malay identity fused not just culturally but constitutionally. In the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, however, the picture is less binary. Religion plays a smaller role …

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