Dr. Choong Pui Yee is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya. Prior to joining UM, she has worked as Senior Analyst and Program Coordinator at Penang Institute, a Malaysia think tank. She has also worked as a Senior Analyst in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Her research expertise is on Malaysia domestic politics and contentious politics in the Southeast Asia region.