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Malaysia’s Unready Armed Forces

Political interference and corruption are undermining combat readiness

Oct 09, 2023
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By: B A Hamzah

Once the pride of the British Commonwealth countries, the Malaysian military is today the region’s weakest. It is riddled with corruption, poor planning, and interference by political leaders in procurement, no longer a potent force even in managing low-level intensity conflict at a time when tensions in the South China Sea are higher than…

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