KUALA LUMPUR • Almost every night since Malaysia's May 9 General Election, two of the country's most powerful men sit down for about two hours after dinner to discuss how best to deal with the never-ending stream of business scams, one-sided deals and potential financial time bombs inherited from the previous government.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will be 93 next month and chief economic troubleshooter Daim Zainuddin turned 80 in April, and this marks the third time both men are coming together since the mid-1980s to nurse a limping national economy.
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