S1E5: Malaysia triggers snap polls, Malaysian King ‘disappointed’ at current political developments: Across The Causeway

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In a statement just issued by the Palace, the King expresses his "disappointment at current political developments", leaving him with no choice but to assent to the Parliament's dissolution. This, so that the mandate can be returned to the people to "elect a stable government".
ST's Malaysia correspondent Ram Anand shares more about this development.
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