With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and international travel slowly returning to normalcy, Langkawi is seeing a gradual recovery after reopening its shores to visitors last year.

Earlier on Tuesday, the incumbent ruling coalition Barisan Nasional said it would not support PH or PN.

Two former executives of the shuttered pro-democracy news outlet also pleaded guilty to foreign collusion.

A partnership between the PH and BN coalitions will be able to speak to the widest demographic in the country, but is unlikely to usher in the stability that voters are hoping for, said one analyst.

Following days of negotiations after Malaysia's 15th general election, it is still unclear who will form the new government.

 Voters, including farmers and fishermen, want to see development in their villages and financial aid to help them deal with the rising cost of living.

People are still trapped in rubble after an earthquake devastated a West Java town on Monday, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds.