Malaysia Prepares For a Political Circus
Nine months into a political crisis, there appears no end in sight
By: John Berthelsen and Murray Hunter
In what might be called a dress rehearsal for a much more important election in Sabah on September 26, Mohd Zaidi Aziz, candidate of the United Malays National Organization, won Malaysia’s Slim River constituency for a state assembly race going away with 84.53 percent of the vote and drubbing two opposing candidates…