Party-hopping without actually hopping


Shaky support: Iskandar Dzulkarnain (left) and Suhaili have thrown their support behind Anwar despite their own party being in Opposition to Anwar’s government. — Filepics/The Star

The new style in Malaysian politics is to declare support for your party’s enemy while not actually leaving your party.

HOW do you hop across to a different political party when there’s an anti-hopping law in place?

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