Only the victory of the opposition under the leadership of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad could effect change in Malaysia’s politics and regarding people’s rights, Mahathir’s daughter, Marina Mahathir, told The Nation in an exclusive interview.

Those fearing a creeping Islamisation of Malaysia reacted sharply when the government, led by the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), allowed Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) to table a bill on hudud - the controversial Islamic criminal code. The deba