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        "msgid": "mahathir-vows-to-fight-graft-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-07-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Mahathir vows to fight graft",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Mahathir vows to fight graft KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has vowed to crack down on corruption in Malaysia's ruling party but analysts said yesterday it will be hard for him to succeed. \"I am disappointed with those using money to get positions,\" Mahathir said on Tuesday, indicating he would take steps by the weekend to fight \"money-politics\" in his United Malays National Organization (UMNO).",
        "content": "<p>Mahathir vows to fight graft<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has<br>\nvowed to crack down on corruption in Malaysia's ruling party but<br>\nanalysts said yesterday it will be hard for him to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am disappointed with those using money to get positions,\"<br>\nMahathir said on Tuesday, indicating he would take steps by the<br>\nweekend to fight \"money-politics\" in his United Malays National<br>\nOrganization (UMNO).<\/p>\n<p>Money-politics in UMNO, which dominates the ruling National<br>\nFront coalition, specifically involves vote-buying in the run-up<br>\nto internal party elections.<\/p>\n<p>Officials and political sources said politicians were spending<br>\nmillions of dollars to win posts giving them an inside track on<br>\ngovernment contracts and other lucrative business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir's latest outburst against money-politics in UMNO<br>\nfollowed a revelation on Tuesday that a candidate in the upcoming<br>\ndivisional elections had spent about six million ringgit (US$2.4<br>\nmillion) securing votes.<\/p>",
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