Jonathan Mantle

The prime minister’s plans to revive Malaysia’s national car project is about more than just an automobile: it is about face, and one man’s enduring obsession with legacy

Opinion

The Saga of the Malaysian People’s Car is not over yet

16 Jun 2018 - 10:33am 19

Proton Saga cars on the assembly line in Shah Alam. Malaysia’s former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, called the car a ‘symbol of Malaysians as a dignified people’. Photo: AFP

Economics

Why would Malaysia sell its ‘symbol of dignity’ to China?

7 Jul 2017 - 6:16pm 53