Is there fire behind the smoke?


No rumour: Dr Shahruddin (left) resigned as deputy minister on Thursday while Tambat announced he had resigned from PKR on Friday.

“I GUESS rumours are more exciting than the truth, ” Venus Williams once said. The tennis star was commenting on the speculation that exploded after her last minute withdrawal – due to an injury – from a semifinal match against her sister Serena in the Indian Wells‘ Masters in 2001.

She could have been commenting on Malaysia’s political scene; Venus’ observation on rumour rings true today in Malaysia as politics heat up in the country.

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