Ismail Sabri appointed as Malaysia's new PM amid worsening COVID-19 pandemic


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E-mail Xinhua, August 21, 2021 Adjust font size: 下载安装Flash播放器 Ismail Sabri Yaakob leaves for an audience with Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 19, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has appointed former deputy prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as new prime minister of the country, the national palace said on Friday. In a statement, the national palace said Ismail Sabri had received the backing of 114 out of the 220 members of the parliament (MP) in the lower house of parliament, a simple majority to form the government, hence Sultan...