Malaysia in 1996: Mahathir-Anwar bouts, UMNO election, and Sarawak surprise

Asian Survey

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Chin, James ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041120364     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2645486     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. In an ironic twist, Mahathir instructed Anwar to force Salleh and Sabah UMNO to back down, and Anwar had to go in person to Kota Kinabalu to enforce the action.
2. UMNO-United Malays National Organisation-is the major party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition.
3. In Malaysia, 30% of the shares of all publicly listed companies must be set aside for bumiputera, i.e., Malays and other indigenous people. The government selects the bumiputera who are given the special right to buy these shares, which are sold at a heavily discounted price and often make huge gains. These share allocations have been used to reward UMNO supporters and close family members of the UMNO elite.
4. Both independents are covert BN supporters. Interview with a senior Sarawak politician, 12 September 1996.
5. Ung-Ho Chin, Chinese Politics in Sarawak (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), and Ung-Ho Chin, "Gambling, the Media and Tycoons in Sarawak Chinese Politics," Nanyang Siang Pau (Malaysia), 29 September 1996.
6. Ung-Ho Chin, Chinese Politics in Sarawak (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), and Ung-Ho Chin, "Gambling, the Media and Tycoons in Sarawak Chinese Politics," Nanyang Siang Pau (Malaysia), 29 September 1996.
7. According to an interview with an UMNO official (15 November 1996), Anwar wanted to release the report to embarrass Mahathir but the prime minister explicitly instructed that the report not be released.