Defeat for Malaysia’s Mahathir?
A seemingly obscure state by-election in Kedah yesterday may have signaled the cresting of the influence of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who put all of his resources and those of his son, Mukhriz, into a vain effort to defeat the Islamist Parti Islam se-Malaysia candidate.
The 49-year-old Mukhriz, elected chief minister of the conservative, Ma…
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