Riding the political roller coaster


Do not discount the unpredictability of politics, says 'bad boy politician' Idris, who has had a seat on the twisty machine. — The Star

THE other day, I had an entertaining dinner chat with Melaka’s “bad boy politician” Datuk Seri Idris Haron.

The former Melaka chief minister and I had a curry fish head meal with politicians, businessmen, and technocrats in a famous seafood restaurant in Kota Kinabalu.

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