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...Mahathir Mohamad in June 2003. The deal had never been made public. But almost as soon as the revelation was out, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, Mahathir's successor, smacked it down, saying that no license had been or would be issued...
...Politically, Abdullah's decision bagged two birds with a single stone. Since taking office last November, the Prime Minister has distanced himself from several of Mahathir's more controversial awards to businessmen, which has been popular. In January, for example, he canceled a $3.8 billion railway contract with another tycoon. Tan had paid $6.6 million for the betting license, which officials say will be refunded, and the business was guaranteed to be large: police estimate that illegal betting on soccer already pulls in $1.6 billion a year. Conservative Muslims-Islam forbids gambling-applauded Abdullah's move...
...Thaksin, the south is the problem that won't go away. Since he came to power nearly four years ago, Thaksin, in the mold of other Asian leaders like Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, has stressed economic growth as the key policy objective of his government. The economy is still likely to grow nicely in 2004?Thaksin told TIME he thought a rate of 6.5% was achievable?but it will not reach the level of 8% he predicted at the beginning of the year. In his interview with TIME, Thaksin blamed the reduced forecast...
...IBRAHIM, 57, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; after six years in prison; when the nation's top court overturned a 1998 conviction for sodomy that led to his removal from office and triggered a major political crisis; in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Once considered the heir apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who retired last year, Anwar maintained that he was being persecuted for having crossed his former boss. When Mahathir fired him in 1998, Anwar led thousands in protests demanding democratic reform...
FREED. ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; after six years in prison; when the nation's top court overturned a 1998 sodomy conviction that led to his removal from office and a major political crisis; in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Once considered the heir apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who retired last year, Anwar maintained that he was being persecuted for having crossed his former boss. When Mahathir fired him in 1998, Anwar had led tens of thousands in demanding democratic reform, in the largest demonstrations Malaysia had seen in decades. DISMISSED. Sexual-assault charges against KOBE BRYANT...