The Chinese Malaysians are taking the country more towards China as they are both the biggest neighbor and economy in the area. China also shows constant aggression and Malaysia is doing the weak sycophant move of siding with the bully to protect yourself. Malaysia doesn’t care if their neighbors get eaten and taken over - they just want to be their own country.
It’s the tragedy of authoritarianism: to not be a target, the party makes others the target - not realizing they are also a target for a later date.