{"id":868,"date":"2009-04-02T00:24:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/?p=868"},"modified":"2020-02-18T15:02:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T07:02:25","slug":"pak-lah-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/pak-lah-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak Lah Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Malaysian prime minister resigns<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mr Abdullah has said his party faces great challenges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Malaysia’s king has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, paving the way for his deputy Najib Razak to take over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Abdullah had been under pressure to resign since his Umno party suffered its worst ever poll results a year ago.<\/p>\n

The party, in power since independence in 1957, faces internal divisions as well as a strong opposition challenge.<\/p>\n

Mr Najib has already taken over as Umno leader, and is due to become prime minister on Friday.<\/p>\n

Correspondents say Abdullah Badawi will be remembered for allowing more public freedom than his predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad.<\/p>\n

But he was seen as failing to fulfil his promises to eradicate corruption, reform the judiciary and strengthen the police and civil service.<\/p>\n

Warning to party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, Mr Abdullah gave a strongly worded warning to the party congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He said Umno (the United Malays National Organisation) would perish unless it stopped suppressing dissent, jailing opponents and discriminating against Malaysia’s minority Chinese and Indian communities.<\/p>\n

Mr Najib told the BBC last year he would do more to address the grievances of minority groups.<\/p>\n

Anger has been growing over laws that favour the Malay majority in business and education.<\/p>\n

In the general election of last March, the ruling coalition lost its two-thirds majority in parliament.<\/p>\n

However it did get 139 MPs in the 222-seat body, giving it a simple majority.<\/p>\n

Mr Najib is expected to take over as prime minister on Friday.<\/p>\n

He has described allegations concerning the murder of a Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, as “malicious baseless lies”.<\/p>\n

Two policemen who used to be in his protection team are on trial for the killing of the 28-year-old, while one of Mr Najib’s senior aides admitted having an affair with the woman.<\/p>\n

Ms Shaariibuu reportedly accompanied Mr Najib as a translator when he, as defence minister, negotiated a controversial submarine deal in France in 2002. Mr Najib denies ever meeting Ms Shaariibuu.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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