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A State Coup Kicks off a Malaysian Melee

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Feb 07, 2009
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Malaysia is bracing for demonstrations by both opposition and government supporters over the weekend after the collapse of one of the opposition's five state governments was engineered by the Barisan Nasional, the dominant ruling coalition, resulted in pitched battles in Perak between riot police and opposition supporters Friday.

Perak's chief minister, …

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