At Patricia Li’s flat in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, there is just one topic of conversation.
Li and her fellow middle-class Chinese friends have bought Malaysian properties over the past few years and each is wondering how the surprise election of an opposition coalition led by Mahathir Mohamad will affect their investment.
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