Word: permatang
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...also come under fire for his support of policies that would extend Malaysia's affirmative action benefits - now exclusive to ethnic Malays - to the nation's other minority races. As votes were being counted on election night, Anwar supporter Abdul Fatih, 51, a trader in the town of Permatang Pauh still harbored doubts. "Will he really win? Will they let him win?" he asked...
...Anwar was not the only one who had to endure a rough campaign season. Residents in the Permatang Pauh constituency have lived with banners strung up throughout their neighborhoods trumpeting Anwar's alleged transgressions, while giant video screens at street corners in the area replayed video clips of Saiful's televised accusations. "I told my teenage daughter not to look up at the banners," said Fatih. "It was so terrible, so shameful the way they attack Anwar. Praise...
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