Hidden Realms: Sabah and Sarawak

A blog delving into the rich sociocultural tapestry and political nuances of Sabah and Sarawak, shedding light on the untold stories that often escape the mainstream narrative in Malaysia.

Thursday, 21 December 2023

Pulse of Progress in Sabah -- A Conversation with Joanna Sue Henley Rampas of Smart Talks Sabah Show (22 December 2023)

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Youth and Politics: JOANNA: How can young people actively engage in political discussions and decision-making processes? ARNOLD: It is a...
Friday, 8 December 2023

Analysis: How Sarawak manages to pass two landmark laws in Malaysia, even ahead of the federal government

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I commented on the two landmark laws in Sarawak and provided my reasons on why Sarawak is ahead of its neighbour Sabah particularly in champ...

Resurgence of regional coalitions in Sarawak and Sabah since the federal elections of 2018 and 2022

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Arnold Puyok & Hafizan Mohamad Naim  Abstract  This article examines the resurgence of regional coalitions in Sarawak and Sabah followin...
Friday, 26 November 2021

A Response to “The New Economic Policy and Contesting Bumiputera Identity among Orang Asli and the Indigenous Peoples of Sabah and Sarawak” by Prof Wan Zawawi Ibrahim

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1.  I would like to thank the organizer for inviting me to this talk 2. Congratulations to Prof Zawawi for this pertinent work on the NEP an...
Sunday, 19 July 2020

A Cultural Shift Needed to Stop Party Hopping

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Of late there has been much discussion on party hopping particularly in Sabah. Sabah has been the focus due to the penchant of its assembl...
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Tuesday, 5 May 2020

New Malaysia and the Remaking of MA63*

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MA63 (Malaysia Agreement 63) is a hot button issue in Sabah and Sarawak. It is an emotive issue just as the Malay rights and Islam to the ...

Sabah: breakthrough in the fixed deposit state (published in The Round Table, The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs)

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Abstract  The Malaysian General Election 2018 (GE14) was one of the most anticipated in Malaysia’s political history as it was to determin...
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Arnold Puyok
Associate Professor Dr. Arnold Puyok is a senior lecturer in politics and government studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Dr. Puyok's articles on contemporary Malaysian politics, particularly in Sabah and Sarawak, have appeared in the Asian Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Contemporary Southeast Asia, Kajian Malaysia, and Asian Politics and Policy. Dr. Puyok's research interests include federal-state relations, ethnic and regional politics, electoral competition, politics and society, decentralization, social media and citizen online participation, youth and politics, and border communities and development (Sabah/Sarawak-Kalimantan). Dr. Puyok is one of the founding members of the Global Research Network on Comparative Territorial Autonomies, which is headquartered at the Education University of Hong Kong's Academy of Hong Kong Studies. Under the auspices of the US State Department, he was invited to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Washington, DC, in 2019.
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