The National Front, spearheaded by the all powerful United Malays National Organization has dominated Malaysia politics since independence in 1957.

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At this stage, the right place to look is not at Mr Anwar himself but at the process by which he has been brought to trial, the laws under which he has been held, and the light both of these things cast on the conduct of politics in Malaysia.

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ACA. But it is widely believed in Malaysia that the relationship between politics and business is far more pervasive than that would suggest.

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And Malaysia has bravely adversarial politics, not just at election time but in cyberspace.

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