Can the politics of hope be revived?


DATUK Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin is actually a rather discreet politician. He is not the sort to shoot his mouth off and getting information from him is often like mining for gold.

As such, it was startling for the PKR politician to spill the beans about the night when Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi almost lost in Bagan Datuk after securing a majority of only 348 votes.

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