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Malaysia Losing its Grip on East Malaysia?

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May 10, 2016
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The Barisan Nasional victory in Malaysia’s Sarawak state election may have, for the time being, taken pressure off Prime Minister Najib and emboldened him to strike at his UMNO enemies. But the longer term implications for Malaysian politics, indeed for the Federation of Malaysia, are unpredictable.

For the first time in many decades, Sarawak has used it…

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