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Created: 2025-07-13 01:00:40 UTC

As prime minister for XX of the past XX years, Mahathir Mohamad is due considerable credit for Malaysia’s economic success. This record helps explain his enduring popularity. Yet politically he has left a largely toxic legacy

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