In Malaysia, study on elected Kuala Lumpur mayor triggers another race debate

The Malaysian government’s proposed study on whether Kuala Lumpur should elect its mayor instead of being appointed has detonated into what observers call a familiar “cultural war” over race, power and who gets to run the nation’s capital. The feasibility study announced by Hannah Yeoh, a minister from the Chinese-dominated Democratic Action Party, has also drawn criticism that the exercise is a political project pushed by her party. Findings of the study by the International Islamic University...