The US Money Behind Malaysia’s ‘BERSIH’ Street Front
As a political crisis looms over Southeast Asia’s Malaysia, I explain the background of various opposition groups including “BERSIH” and their extensive US government backing.
The US seeks to use opposition groups across all of Southeast Asia to encircle and contain China either with hostile client regimes, or destabilized and destroyed failed states unable to function as prosperous partners in China’s regional and global rise.
References:
Malaysian Insider – Bersih Repudiates Foreign Christian Funding Claim:
https://www.malaysia-today.net/2011/0…
US National Democratic Institute – Malaysia (2011):
http://web.archive.org/web/2011011300…
Bersih – Endorsing NGOs:
https://www.bersih.org/about/ngos/
US National Endowment for Democracy – Malaysia (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/malay…
US National Endowment for Democracy – Board of Directors:
https://www.ned.org/about/board-of-di…
NYT – U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo…
US National Endowment for Democracy – 2007 Democracy Award (Page 3):
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/upload…
US National Endowment for Democracy – FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET LECTURE: CONFRONTING AUTHORITARIANISM:
https://www.ned.org/events/fifteenth-…
US National Endowment for Democracy – INTRODUCTION OF ANWAR IBRAHIM (2019):
https://www.ned.org/introduction-of-a…
Malaysiakini – Finances:
https://about.malaysiakini.com/accoun…
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