DAP’s election loss in Malaysia’s Johor prompts soul-searching ahead of next key poll

As Malaysian political coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) basks in the afterglow of its landslide win in the Johor state election, the soul-searching within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s defeated Pakatan Harapan (PH) bloc could run deepest within its largest group – the Chinese-majority Democratic Action Party (DAP).
BN improved its grip on the country’s southernmost state, securing 48 out of 56 seats.

PH managed to win only eight seats, and within the coalition, DAP lost 11 of the 17 seats it...