Of revelations and fake recordings

Tangled web: Shamsul Iskandar, along with Anwar and Ahmad Zahid, are the focus of theories and allegations made by their political opponents. — The Star

THE first time I heard that Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin could have won the Bagan Datuk parliamentary seat in Perak, I was in an Asean capital.

I was having coffee with a foreign friend who had insight into the PKR campaign strategy during the 2022 General Election. She showed me photographs taken with key party leaders during the polls that saw Pakatan Harapan win the most seats – 82 – in Malaysia’s 222-seat Dewan Rakyat. She also shared photos taken with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after the Pakatan chairman and PKR president was appointed Prime Minister.