This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2020/93 “The Slim By-Election: Pejuang’s First and Mahathir’s Last Battle?” and adapted for republication by South China Morning Post on 28 August 2020.
Dr Francis Hutchinson is Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Malaysia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS). Mr Kevin Zhang is Research Officer at ISEAS.
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