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Malaysia's Premier Political Party in Decline

Corruption, infighting, ambition take their toll on UMNO

Jul 21, 2021
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By: Murray Hunter

The United Malays National Organization, for 70 years Malaysia’s dominant political party until its reign collapsed in a welter of corruption in the May 2018 general election, is once again deeply split, fractured between the party grassroots, the Supreme Council or central party governing body, and the parliamentary caucus.

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