Malaysia's Game Of Thrones

It has been described as Malaysia's political Game of Thrones: a fortnight of mind-bending political turmoil, triggered by the resignation last week of 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after his coalition collapsed. After being reinstated as interim prime minister by the king, Mahathir seemed poised to form a new government that may have sidelined his designated successor Anwar Ibrahim. But before long, Mahathir and Anwar were once again united in an attempt to form a new government, only to find themselves both on the outside looking in as someone else - Muhyiddin Yassin - was sworn in as Malaysia's eighth prime minister.

How will Malaysia deal with rising public anger?

Protesters defy police ban to demand the resignation of prime minister embroiled in corruption scandal.

Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia is "controlled by thieves". 

The former prime minister is accusing his latest successor of stealing public money - lots of it.

So do thousands of protesters.

They defied a police ban in the capital Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of Najib Razak.

The prime minister denies stealing money pumped into a multi-billion dollar government investment fund by foreign investors.

The long-running corruption scandal has given rise to a campaign to clean-up government.

The political reform campaign is called Bersih – the Malay word for clean.

Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad joining these protests is rather hypocritical given his time in office.  He jailed his opponents and tightly controlled the  media.  

Anwar Ibrahim is a former assistant Prime Minister under Mahathir Mohamad who famously had a falling out with his mentor.   Mr. Ibrahim has been tried and convicted over several trials of sodimy even though there was clear evidence showing just the opposite.  Further Malayasia is a one party state controlled since independence by the United Malays National Organization.