Malaysian key opposition party’s power struggle threatens to dent election hopes

Malaysia’s opposition is in open civil war, with a power struggle threatening to split the main bloc against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim just two years out from the next general election. Bersatu, or the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, sits at the core of Perikatan Nasional (PN), a conservative alliance whose appeal surged in the 2022 polls and became the biggest opposition after a hung parliament produced a unity government led by Anwar. A succession fight between party chief and former...