Growing dissent making it tougher for M'sian leaders to defuse crisis

A STREET protest by tens of thousands (and arguably more) of reform-hungry Malaysians clad in yellow over the past weekend in Kuala Lumpur has done little to shake down Malaysia's crisis-hit government. But it captured worldwide attention and has bruised the country's image.

It is also a sign that the Malaysian electorate is being increasingly turned off by "politics as usual". Di…