Beware: Twisty plot ahead


Intriguing: Lee Jung-jae as protagonist Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S2. The highly plotted Korean series – whose creators ‘also understand that if we are not united, however big your majority is, you can be divided’, according to Ahmad Faizal – doesn’t hold a candle to the intrigues in Malaysian politics. — Netflix

“HAVE you seen Squid Game season two?” Datin Seri Dr Nomee Ashikin Mohammed Radzi asked me.

On the second day of the new year, I was at the Kuala Lumpur office of her husband, Bersatu vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu; I wanted to get his take on politics in 2025.

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