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Meanwhile, long-simmering tensions between Cambodia and Thailand escalated when the two countries exchanged fire, putting Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship to the test. Murphy’s Law ran in full: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. But the story did not fully play out until the eleventh hour. ANWAR’S TRUMP CARD The appointments of neutral candidates to the top judicial posts, including former deputy minister Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, did enough to quell dissent, though questions on judicial independence remained. On the economic front, the Anwar administration rolled out measures to support citizens, such as a one-off RM100 (US$24) cash handout…
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Kim Sang-chul, head of the APEC Preparation and Support Office, brushed aside concerns that the…
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