Malaysia's UMNO chaos clouds future of Anwar's fragile coalition

Once-formidable party may lose more Malay support after purge of leaders

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Retaining Malay support turned to be one of Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's top priorities. (Photo by NurPhoto via Getty Images)

AMY CHEW, Contributing writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- Strife within the once-formidable United Malays National Organization (UMNO) -- a party joining Malaysia's ruling coalition -- is now becoming an unsettling factor in the fledgling government of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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