Eight days before Malaysia day, UMNO packed off dozens of its MPs on a supposed study tour of Taiwan, a blatant ploy to keep them away from Mr Anwar.

时值马来西亚日前8天，巫统派出数十名议员对台湾进行了一次所谓的学术交流访问，显然是想把他们调离安瓦尔身边。

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The three-day meeting, held June 18-20, was the first general assembly by UMNO, the dominant party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, since Anwar's acrimonious ouster last September.

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UMNO's coalition has governed Malaysia since independence in 1957.

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Her crime: In a speech ahead of the November polls, she allegedly said that UMNO was the "source" of the May 1969 race riots that rocked Malaysia.

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