A towering man caught in a probe


PETALING JAYA: Tun Daim Zainuddin, 85, is a man who has walked in the highest corridors of powers and was once said to be as powerful as the prime minister himself.

As recently as 2018, the two-time finance minister was also named as the leader of the Council of Eminent Persons, which was formed to help the then newly-installed Pakatan Harapan government chart its course.

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