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The Malaysian Chinese Association hopes this will help the party revive its fortunes after years of plunging Chinese support.
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KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) aims to play the role of check and balance within the new Perikatan Nasional (PN) government by blunting extremism in the alliance, a senior party official said.
It hopes this will help the party revive its fortunes after years of plunging Chinese support that saw the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party nearly wiped out in the 2018 general election.


