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Article: Sabah polls a fillip for Mahathir.(Sabah, Malaysia, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed)
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- Business Asia
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- April 5, 1999
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A strong performance by the National Front in the important Sabah elections has shored up support for Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed. GANESH SAHATHEVAN(*) comments
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed has scored an important moral victory in the recently concluded elections in the state of Sabah, at which his National Front party won 31 of the 48 seats contested.
The National Front's support in Sabah was said to be solely derived from Dr Mahathir's former deputy and now opponent, Mr Anwar Ibrahim.
Sabah state was until 1995 controlled by the ethnic Kadazan party, the PBS. In the 1995 elections, however, the National Front won ...