Cousin and former aide opens up


Razak Sakaran

RAZAK Sakaran was being groomed by Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal until things began to fall apart for his former boss and Umno.

Razak, 46, was Shafie’s former political secretary and they are also cousins. But it was adios for them when Razak chose to stay in Umno while Shafie went on to form Parti Warisan Sabah.

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