The tragedy of state-owned Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 that disappeared without a trace over the South China Sea on March 2014 exposed to the world the gross incompetence and lackadaisical attitude of Malaysian officials, from senior ministers dismissive of pleas from victims' families to radar operators uncurious of strange intruding beeps on their screens. Malaysians have long endured these; the surprise was that the world was surprised. These essays chronicle the continued erosion of Malaysia's once reliable institutions, the corrosion of its economy through endemic corruption and...