'New Malaysia' makes Singapore look outdated

Mahathir's triumph exposes shortcomings of city-state's one-party rule

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Still friends? Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad meets Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Putrajaya, Malaysia on May 19, 2018

Over two months after Mahathir Mohamad's election in Malaysia, the political reverberations for Singapore show no signs of fading.

The new Malaysian prime minister's reviews of the key water-supply deal with Singapore and of the planned costly high-speed rail link from Kuala Lumpur to the city-state are only visible signs of a different -- and more charged -- Singapore-Malaysia relationship.

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