WHENEVER Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi returns to Penang, there is always a large crowd comprising the state’s politicians, businessmen and officials waiting for him at the airport.
In a bid to register their presence and to give the perception that they are close to the Prime Minister, they would tail him in his convoy the entire day. It is no exaggeration to say that they would only let him out of sight when he retires to his hotel room.
