ABSTRACT Malaysia’s electoral reform movement has intensified in tandem with the rise of transnational civil societies and the political mobilization of the Malaysian diaspora. During the 13th General Election in 2013, political spillovers among the diaspora found its expression through various transnational activism. This research offers preliminary inquiries into diaspora giving to support electoral reform efforts in the home country. The 13th GE presents an interesting case study to contextualize the relationship between diaspora philanthropy and transnational political activism as philanthropic flow runs parallel in support of these transnational activities. This paper aims to examine diaspora philanthropic acts based on three electoral reform campaigns: ‘Global Bersih’, ‘MyOverseasVote’ and ‘Let’s Go Home and Vote’. It concludes that Malaysian diaspora political engagement and its philanthropic acts can be viewed as a form of diasporic activism, mobilization and resistance.

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马来西亚侨民慈善事业：跨国激进主义、动员和抵抗

摘要 马来西亚的选举改革运动随着跨国公民社会的兴起和马来西亚侨民的政治动员而愈演愈烈。在 2013 年第 13 届大选期间，侨民之间的政治溢出通过各种跨国激进主义得以体现。这项研究对海外侨民为支持本国的选举改革努力提供了初步调查。第 13 届 GE 提出了一个有趣的案例研究，将侨民慈善事业与跨国政治激进主义之间的关系置于背景下，因为慈善流动平行于支持这些跨国活动。本文旨在研究基于三个选举改革运动的侨民慈善行为：“全球净选盟”、“我的海外投票”和“让我们回家投票”。