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Najib's pardon: A threat to govt's stability?
Leaders from Umno and Pakatan Harapan have once again come to loggerheads, despite both now being in the same political pact that forms the government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Their main source of contention now is Najib Abdul Razak, a former prime minister and Umno president who is now being jailed over corruption charges related to 1MDB - a financial scandal that aided Harapan to bring down the Umno-led administration for the first time in history five years ago.
It started after the Umno supreme council made a decision, two weeks ago, to apply for a royal pardon for Najib...
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