Malaysia's Muhyiddin pushes largest budget ever to fight COVID

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Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, left, and Finance Minister Zafrul Aziz pose before submitting the 2021 budget to parliament on Nov. 6. © Malaysia Information Department/Zarith Zulkifli via Reuters

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government led by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has proposed the largest spending plan in the country's history for 2021, hoping to pave the road back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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