IN November 1999, Umno politician and lawyer Datuk Shaziman Mansor was in his Kuala Lumpur home watching a golf tournament on TV (Tiger Woods was playing) when his mobile phone rang.
It was Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad calling to say that Shaziman had been picked as a candidate for the general election. The Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar, who was travelling back to Seremban from Putrajaya, asked the then 36-year-old Shaziman to return immediately to Tampin, a parliamentary seat, and prepare for the campaign.
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