Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has threatened to remove ministers and federal appointees who use public office to attack their own government partners, drawing a new red line as the ruling coalition’s rival camps collide again ahead of the Negeri Sembilan state election on August 1. Anwar said senior officials were free to campaign for their parties but must step down to avoid weaponising their official positions against allies in his unity government. “If they wish to do so, they...
Asked about reports that the Left partywas planning to join the government, Mr. Veerapandian told The Hindu that he had only said the party would join a government when the time came for the Left to assume power in Indian politics.