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Malaysia’s Mahathir Again Turns a Blind Eye to Corruption

PM excuses favorite son AirAsia head in bribery scandal

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John Berthelsen
Feb 06, 2020
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Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition, elected in May 2018 as a reform government, is back in the middle of an ugly scandal reminiscent of countless affairs on the part of its disgraced Barisan Nasional predecessor, which the voters kicked out of office in the middle of a huge previous scandal.

Mahathir Mohamad, the 94-year-old premier brought back out of…

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