Muhyiddin goes for broke


THE two men were seen to be too close for the comfort of many in Umno but Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob appears to have stepped out from the shadow of his predecessor, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Their public and rather terse verbal exchange last week caused a stir even though Malaysians are quite used to former prime ministers running down the government, something that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does on a regular basis.

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