Malaysia's government, which faces a national election within less than four months, is under pressure to stop cross-border incursions that have resulted in occasional kidnappings by Filipino gunmen in past years.
With docile domestic investors and a network of friendly cross-shareholdings, there was little outside pressure to restructure.
Welsh pressure told when a cross-field kick on the sixth tackle by lively scrum-half Sammut saw Dyer climb high and throw a speculative pass to the right wing, where centre Tony Martin cashed in.
But the lead did not last long as Cech - under pressure from Jones - missed an attempted catch from Leadbitter's cross to allow Richardson the chance equalise.
Nor is there much pressure from big shareholders to increase profits: the cross-shareholdings of the keiretsu come with an implicit non-aggression pact.
It was Arsenal who turned up the pressure - Howard scrambled to clear Aaron Ramsey's cross and then the keeper palmed away Bacary Sagna's corner as Arshavin shaped to shoot.
Roy Hodgson's side were on top in the first half and their pressure told when Steven Gerrard sent an inch-perfect cross into the box for Carroll to plant a trademark bullet header past Andreas Isaksson.
But it was poor defending for County's opening goal as Mignolet and team-mate Kieran Richardson collided as they tried to clear Westcarr's cross under pressure from Hughes.
BBC: Simon Mignolet fails to deal with Craig Westcarr's cross
The Blades conceded in the 18th minute when Bates latched on to Andrew Taylor's cross and fired home but Lowton nodded Bjorn Helge Riise's back-post cross into the net to reward the home side for a spell of concerted pressure.
Phil Jagielka's deep right-wing cross had Macho backtracking, forcing Stanislav Varga into a panicky, overhead clearance under pressure from Wayne Allison.
Mossie Lawlor was first to cross the Welshmen's try line just before half-time, finishing off in the corner after some heavy Munster pressure in front of the posts.
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