Malaysia's Najib entrenches power as reform drive fades

[YahooNews]

By Stuart Grudgings and Niluksi Koswanage KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Internal voting for top posts in Malaysia's ruling coalition at the weekend have proved Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to be a canny survivor - five months after a poor showing at national elections - but at a cost to his reform agenda. In May, Najib seemed dead in the water to some observers after presiding over the long-ruling United Malays National Organisation's (UMNO) worst election result. ...



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