About

Point of Order explains how Malaysian politics actually works. Not who said what, but what the law does, how the process runs, and what follows from it. Every claim is sourced. Every implication shows its working. We explain consequences, and where we judge, we judge the policy rather than the person.

How this is made

Point of Order is researched and written with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor before publication. Videos use a synthetic voice. Every factual claim links to its source, and we publish the sources with every piece so you can check our working.

That is not a disclaimer. It is the point. An explainer you cannot check is just an opinion with better formatting.

What we will not publish

Publishing our own constraints costs nothing and tells you what to expect. These are absolute, and they apply to articles, video scripts, captions and everything else we put out.

• No commentary on the monarchy. We report constitutional functions of the Agong and the Rulers where relevant, and we state what the constitution provides. We do not speculate about motives or characterise a royal decision as good or bad.
• No racial or religious framing. Malaysian policy is often racially coded in practice. We explain policy by its legal mechanism and its measurable effects. We never attribute motive or character to an ethnic or religious group.
• No unverified allegation about a named individual.Wrongdoing is reported only where a charge is filed, a court has ruled, an official body has found so, or a named credible outlet has reported it and we attribute clearly. We do not imply.
• Nothing unsourced stated as fact. Every factual sentence traces to a source we have read. Where we could not confirm something, we say that we could not confirm it, rather than quietly leaving it out or writing around it.
• No calls to action. We explain. We do not mobilise.

Who writes it

Point of Order is published without a personal byline. The reasoning is straightforward: the publication covers speech regulation, official secrecy and the conduct of public bodies, and it is written by one person with family in Malaysia. Anonymity is a safety measure, not a pose.

We are aware that asks something of you. An anonymous account covering Malaysian politics deserves scepticism by default. What we offer in place of a name is method: every claim sourced and linked, the sourcing standard published, the constraints above stated in advance, and corrections made visibly and dated. Judge the working rather than the author.

Corrections

We correct mistakes visibly and we date them. See ourcorrections policy. If you think we have got something wrong, tell us and include your source. We will check it against the primary document and reply either way.