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Dont try Egypt style power grab in Malaysia, says Najib
[Straits Times] PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has warned against any attempt to usurp power in Malaysia, using demonstrations like those in Egypt.
Malaysian society is considerably less homogeneous than in Arab/North African countries. According to the CIA Factbook, only half are Malay, almost a quarter are Chinese, only 60% are Muslim, and the population speaks a whole bunch of different languages.
'Don't think that what is happening there must also happen in Malaysia. We will not allow it to happen here,' he said at the national-level Chinese New Year open house in Miri.

Egypt has seen 13 days of protests for the ouster of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak and the embattled regime failed to clinch what would have been a landmark deal with the opposition groups yesterday. The parties, including the Mohammedan Brotherhood, rejected as insufficient an offer to include them in the political reform plans.

They have instead renewed their campaigns to unseat the country's strongman.

Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
 the Malaysian agent for medical studies in Egypt, MedicMesir, is discussing with a local university to allow about 1,000 students to take their written examinations here so that they will not lose a year of studies.

In fact, 17 students from Kedah have decided to stay put in Egypt as they did not want to jeopardise their studies. The evacuation of Malaysians from Egypt to Jeddah is expected to end by noon today.
Posted by: Fred 2011-02-08
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