Edited sentence: Abdul Rahman and his near contemporary, Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines, were probably th eonly post-war politicians in South-East Asia who were free from any taint of corruption.Abdul Rahman's defeat by Abdul Razak was a sad day for Malaysia.His premiership had been a display of careful management of the conflicting interests in the country, and his successors were fervently in favour of Malay/Muslim domination of the remainder