Zaid’s royal tiff is hurting


DATUK Zaid Ibrahim is no stranger to controversy but is his political career about to be swallowed up by the firestorm surrounding his tweets about the Sultan of Selangor?

There has been a wave of criticism against the actions of the lawyer and DAP politician, his effigy has been torched, police reports have been lodged against him and, to cap it all, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has told him off.

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