By Seth Mydans Seth Mydans is a former Bangkok bureau chief for The New York Times. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a low-key career politician who, in serving as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister ...

Former Malaysian Leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Who Extended Political Freedoms, Dies at 85 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who ...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership, died April 14 at a hospital in Kuala ...

Malaysia has lost a gracious leader in former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who was also a personal inspiration ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership ...