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Will Malaysia’s Umno pull the plug on coalition partner PH?

Will Malaysia’s Umno pull the plug on coalition partner PH?
South China Morning Post Saturday 12 September 2026, 13:28 UTC By Joseph Sipalan 1 min read
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The political impasse in Malaysia’s government has regressed to a game of chicken, experts say, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the former ruling Umno party trading barbs and dares as pressure grows for snap polls with more than a year left to term. Relations between Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and erstwhile rivals Umno have hit its lowest point since the two sides cut a deal to form a unity government in 2022, after a series of recent state polls that saw PH all but...

The political impasse in Malaysia’s government has regressed to a game of chicken, experts say, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the former ruling Umno party trading barbs and dares as pressure grows for snap polls with more than a year left to term. Relations between Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and erstwhile rivals Umno have hit its lowest point since the two sides cut a deal to form a unity government in 2022, after a series of recent state polls that saw PH all but decimated...
Malaysia (LOCATION) Umno (ORG) Anwar Ibrahim (PERSON) Anwar (PERSON) Pakatan (ORG) Harapan (PERSON)
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