KUALA LUMPUR: A coalition of Malaysian rights groups has launched a petition urging the country’s king to block a new posting for a controversial state leader who resigned after decades of graft allegations.

Taib Mahmud, who has been chief minister of resource-rich Sarawak state on Borneo island since 1981, resigned last week following mounting claims of corruption and environmentally disastrous policies.

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