As UMNO/BN struggle to remain in power, Malaysia inch towards a police state

Police state: A state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of a secret police force.

UMNO/BN knows it has lost favor among a very significant portion of the Malaysian population because of past and present legal and illegal corruption, failed projects at hugely inflated costs, power abuses, corruption and destruction of institutions, etc. etc. but does it reform to regain favor?