Pakatan Harapan names Anwar as its PM candidate, says it's open to working with other parties, SE Asia


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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's opposition pact, Pakatan Harapan (PH), on Friday (April 9) named Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as its prime ministerial candidate for the next general election, and said it was open to "negotiations" and "cooperation" with other parties. The decisions were made after a PH leaders' retreat that began on Thursday in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, and come amid the leaking of a controversial audio clip purportedly of Mr Anwar, the opposition leader, speaking with Umno president Zahid Hamidi. "Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim will lead the campaign for the 15th General Election as the prime minister candidate,"...