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Malaysia’s PM Anwar Caught in Saudi Gaffe

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Mar 28, 2023
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By: Murray Hunter
Oops, we’re in Jedda, not Mecca

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ended up being embarrassed last week on a publicly unannounced trip to Mecca, with senior Saudi officials seeming almost to have ignored him, igniting immediate gossip in Kuala Lumpur and sparking a demand by the opposition for a parliamentary explanation of what wen…

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