The recent Malaysian political tsunami will endow the country with more equality among different races and render positive impacts for the rest of the region and beyond.
The humiliating defeat of the United Malay National Organisation (Umno) is now the biggest story in the annals of Malaysian history. It will take forever to dissect what went right and wrong over the past 61 years that led to the opposition's poll victory. One thing is clear -- those who did not vote for the opposition missed the epoch-making opportunity. From now on, the headline-grabbing corruption case involving a Malaysian state fund, known as 1MDB, will rear its ugly head with more politicians and influential elites being implicated. Seizures of luxury goods belonging to Mr Najib's family are just a trailer for what will come next. How deep will the new government led by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his Harapan Pakatan allies dig? Nobody really knows.
Kavi Chongkittavorn is a veteran journalist on regional affairs.
