KUALA LUMPUR: A cleric has emerged as the most serious wildcard in Malaysia’s shifting political horizon. After years as a fringe player in national politics, Mr Abdul Hadi Awang, 75, now occ
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The Malaysian currency market is also in a swoon, with the local unit currently trading at 4.62 ringgit to one US dollar. It was the region’s second-worst performing currency against the greenback in May after Japan. UMNO, under the leadership of president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, has been struggling to renew its appeal with ethnic Malays.
UMNO has been struggling electorally since then. It won 26 seats in Parliament and became a part of Mr Anwar’s coalition government after the party threw its backing behind him after last November’s inconclusive election. That approach aided PAS, long considered a rural-based party, to attract younger professionals into its ranks that later helped the party to establish beachheads in urban Malaysia.
Separately, Kedah chief minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has stirred fresh controversy by claiming that neighbouring Penang, which is controlled by PH, historically belongs to Penang.
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