New party seeks to challenge RazakKUALA LUMPUR: Opponents of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak applied on Tuesday to register a new political party in an attempt to challenge the leader over a massive financial scandal. Muhyiddin Yassin, who was sacked as deputy prime minister by Najib last year, submitted the application for the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, or United Malaysian People’s Party. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, a trenchant critic of Najib, is expected to become the chairman, Muhyiddin’s aides said. Ibrahim Suffian, head of independent polling firm Merdeka Centre, told Agence France-Presse the new party “could well present a credible challenge” if it can work with the other opposition parties. “We will fight corruption and abuse of power,” said Muhyiddin, who is widely expected to be the new party’s president.

Source: Manila Times August 09, 2016 12:00 UTC