In assessing Muhyiddin, one must take into account the twin crises that coincided with his premiership: the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout.
More than 1,100 people have been arrested, charged, or sentenced since the coup, according to human rights group The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
The new law paves the way for Google and Facebook to invest tens of millions of dollars in local content deals, and could prove a model for resolving the firms' tussles with regulators worldwide.
