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Disunity in Malaysia: King needs more time to choose next PM

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at a news conference outside the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [Hasnoor Hussain/ Reuters]

Malaysia remained without a government as King Al-Sultan Abdullah said he needed more time to choose the next prime minister, after the two main coalitions failed to win a simple majority in general elections at the weekend, which produced a hung parliament.

On Tuesday, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had an audience with the king after neither had obtained majority support from the 222-member parliament.

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