The strong backing provided by the political elite of Sarawak and Sabah to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition government is helping calm Malaysia’s once-choppy political waters, but it is an alliance that comes with a price, says CNA’s Leslie Lopez.
in May, he said it was the responsibility of the current leaders to uphold the agreement to “fulfil the promise made by the nation’s founding fathers” and not to gain electoral support from the Borneo bloc.
While state capitals Kuching and Kota Kinabalu and key towns in the coastal regions are comparable with many cities in Peninsular Malaysia, much of the interior in the rugged forested lands remain underdeveloped. Sabah is currently recognised as the state with the highest poverty rate.
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