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Najib's Survival Strategy Rests on Attacks on Critics

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John Berthelsen
Jul 17, 2015
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has endured a series of scandals that would have driven a lesser man from office years ago, including the latest, that US$680 million was diverted from the controversial 1Malaysia Development Bhd state-backed development fund into his personal accounts, apparently to be used illegally in the 2013 general election.

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