Malaysia sex video scandal fuels Mahathir succession rumor mill

PM blames 'gutter politics' as favorite minister is caught in power struggle

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From left, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali and ruling coalition leader Anwar Ibrahim. (Reuters, AP)

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- A year after sweeping into power, Malaysia's ruling coalition is embroiled in a sex scandal that has echoes of one that landed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in jail two decades ago.

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