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Sabah Election Ends Inconclusively

State election a window for redress?

Sep 28, 2020
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By Cyril Pereira

The September 26 state election in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah has ended with the incumbent Warisan (Heritage) party winning 29 seats, short of the 37-seat simple majority needed to rule the state assembly. That disappointed all the sides jostling for political primacy in Kuala Lumpur, 1,600 km across the South China Sea.

The 95-ye…

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