Malaysia PM Muhyiddin set to pick Cabinet with coordinating ministers but no DPM

In a photo taken on March 1, 2020, Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin waves to reporters before his inauguration as the 8th prime minister, outside his residence in Kuala Lumpur. PHOTO: REUTERS
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KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is set to unveil a Cabinet on Monday evening (March 9) that will feature several "senior ministers", doing away with Malaysia's convention of appointing a deputy premier.

The leader of the week-old Perikatan Nasional (PN) government presented a line-up of ministers for the King's consent in the morning before briefing all parliamentarians from his coalition at his residence in the afternoon.

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