Malaysia's Premier Has Little to Fear in Nation's Biggest State
- Fractured oppostion struggling to make inroads in Sarawak
- Najib is weighing when to call the next general election
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A largely uncontested by-election in Sarawak reaffirmed the strength of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s base in a key Malaysian state, showing the challenges his opponents face to defeat him in the next general election.
Jamilah Anu, the widow of popular former Chief Minister Adenan Satem, easily won Saturday’s vote to fill a local assembly seat in Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states on Borneo island. It had been left vacant by the death of her husband in January, and major national opposition parties chose not to contest out of respect.