Perak’s kampung boy has arrived


Different ball game: The Deputy Prime Minister is well-placed to take on Dr Mahathir who had tried to destroy his career during the 1990s. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Politically speaking, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has had an amazing year in the sense that, over the last few months, he has come to be seen as the presumptive deputy president nominee of Umno. 

THE wheels are in motion to position Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid as the next deputy president of Umno.

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