Anthony Loke, Malaysia's transport minister and leader of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), announced his resignation from Cabinet on 19 September in protest against a royal Pardons Board decision allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence under house arrest. Najib was convicted of misappropriating RM42 million linked to the 1MDB financial scandal — a cause the DAP had championed for years as emblematic of systemic kleptocracy. The resignation, which Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Loke to reconsider, highlights a deepening crisis for the DAP, which despite holding the most seats in the ruling coalition has struggled to translate its electoral weight into policy influence, fuelling growing voter disillusionment ahead of Malaysia's next general election.