By Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's three-party opposition alliance has averted a damaging split by agreeing to support the wife of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the next chief minister of Selangor, an industrial hub that is the country's richest state. The opposition infighting - a boon for Malaysia's 57-year-old governing coalition - began when the Islamist PAS party refused to support Anwar's party's move to sack the current chief minister over accusations of incompetence and graft. The top state official, Khalid Ibrahim, refused to accept the sacking and tried to cling to power, with the backing of the ruling coalition and support from PAS, which was opposed to Anwar's wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, becoming chief minister. Senior opposition figures warned the dispute could split the disparate multi-ethnic alliance, but PAS leaders stepped back from the brink late on Sunday by agreeing to support Wan Azizah.
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