Move to back Muhyiddin will return Umno to power

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KUALA LUMPUR - He said he wouldn't work with Umno.

But faced with a choice between working with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and handing power back to the party he had abandoned over the 1MDB corruption case, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad picked what he must believe is the lesser of two evils.

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