Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, executive director of the Malaysian Strategic Research Center, contends that Anwar's initiatives will not be forgotten simply because he has been forced out.

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"Adverse news from Indonesia will really affect the image of the region as a whole and have a contagion effect on all the economies, " says Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, executive director of the Malaysian Strategic Research Center.

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