Malaysian Education Minister Maszlee Malik resigns, raising spectre of cabinet shake-up

Malaysia’s education minister resigned on Thursday in a surprise move that analysts said may indicate the start of a shake-up in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s cabinet, even as the government grapples with increasing pressure to deliver on its election promises.Maszlee Malik, a member of Mahathir’s nationalist Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu), said at a press conference that he had been advised by the prime minister to step down, and did so with “a willing yet heavy heart”. He had…