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Malaysian MP Wong Chen quits PKR for new party amid 'toxic politics'

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Veteran Malaysian MP Wong Chen has resigned from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party (PKR) and his parliamentary seat to join a new progressive party called Bersama. Chen cited "toxic politics" as the reason for his departure, aiming to defend democracy with the new party. He is the third sitting MP to leave PKR and join Bersama, following former ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who also vacated their seats. AI

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Malaysian MP Wong Chen quits PKR for new party amid 'toxic politics'

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Muttaqin Yusof ·

    Veteran Malaysian MP Wong quits over ‘toxic politics’, leaving reform agenda in doubt

    A veteran Malaysian politician’s resignation from parliament and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s People’s Justice Party (PKR) to join a fledgling progressive rival widens an exodus of reformist figures as the ruling coalition reels from a string of electoral setbacks. Wong Chen, a…

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