The door is fast closing on Malaysia’s reform experiment after nearly a decade of false starts and political intrigue, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition facing the real possibility of being booted out of office as the country’s ethnic majority seeks the return of strong Malay leadership.
PH’s defeat in Negeri Sembilan followed an earlier landslide win by federal partner but electoral rival Umno in the Johor state poll in July.
The common thread between the two state contests in
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