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Malaysia's PM under pressure as anger builds on Covid surge

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is under fire as his decision to suspend democracy to contain the coronavirus outbreak failed to yield results. Criticism about the government’s approach to a worsening pandemic and accusations of double standards in enforcement of virus rules have resulted in an outpouring of anger on local social media in the past few months. Daily infections have more than doubled since Malaysia declared a state of emergency in January in order to focus on the pandemic. Covid cases and deaths reached record-highs, while the pace of the