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Another Malaysian By-Election

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Philip Bowring
Nov 03, 2010
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The result of Malaysia's 12th by-election to occur since tumultuous national elections in 2008 is in practical terms irrelevant. Whether or not Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) retains the state seat of Galas on Nov. 4 by-election will make no difference to the Islamic party's control of the state legislature.

But it will be a test of the influence of the U…

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