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Malaysia’s New ‘Backdoor Government’ Might Work

PM Muhyiddin cobbles together a pragmatic lineup, some crooks, some technocrats into an UMNO clone

Mar 10, 2020
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By: John Berthelsen and Murray Hunter

The March 9 announcement of Malaysia’s cabinet and ministry list by newly minted Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin might well have washed away 20 months of putative reformist Pakatan Harapan rule as if it had never happened. The list resembles a classic United Malays National Organization-dominated Barisan Nasional ca…

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