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        "msgid": "kelantan-to-remain-backward-mahathir-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-01-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kelantan to remain backward: Mahathir",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "summary": "Kelantan to remain backward: Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad, smarting from his National Front's defeat in a by-election in Kelantan state, said yesterday the state would remain backward as it had chosen the opposition. Mahathir's National Front coalition was narrowly defeated by the opposition fundamentalist Parti Islam (PAS) in Monday's by- election in Pulai Chondong in Kelantan. The northeastern state is the country's only state ruled by the opposition.",
        "content": "<p>Kelantan to remain backward: Mahathir<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad,<br>\nsmarting from his National Front&apos;s defeat in a by-election in<br>\nKelantan state, said yesterday the state would remain backward as<br>\nit had chosen the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir&apos;s National Front coalition was narrowly defeated by<br>\nthe opposition fundamentalist Parti Islam (PAS) in Monday&apos;s by-<br>\nelection in Pulai Chondong in Kelantan. The northeastern state is<br>\nthe country&apos;s only state ruled by the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The PAS candidate, Zulkefli Mamat, held a narrow 118 vote<br>\nmajority polling 4,778 votes over Yusoff Hamzah of the National<br>\nFront&apos;s 4,660 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If (the people of) Kelantan want to be isolated and under-<br>\ndeveloped, it&apos;s their choice,&quot; Mahathir told reporters after<br>\nvisiting a 800-million-dollar resort built on former wasteland on<br>\nthe outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>",
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