Muhyiddin's new cabinet marks comeback for Malaysia's old regime

UMNO snags 11 posts, while chief of lender CIMB takes finance portfolio

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday announced a roster of 31 cabinet ministers, with many of the posts going to politicians from the scandal-tainted United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and the conservative Malaysian Islamic Party.

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