In the coastal development zone of Forest City, Johor, a collision between regulatory authority and entrepreneurial ambition has surfaced a deeper question about who belongs where and on whose terms. Malaysian authorities have ordered Network School — a startup community founded by American investor Balaji Srinivasan — to cease operations at one unlicensed premises, while a parallel investigation probes whether Israeli nationals are present in a country that formally bars them entry. The licensing dispute, narrow in its legal scope, has become a lens through which Malaysia is examining the bou