SPECIAL REPORT The year since the imprisonment of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and the death of venerated PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has been a tumultuous one for the opposition.

Anwar was on Feb 10 last year sentenced to five years behind bars, after being convicted on a sodomy charge that critics insist was trumped up. Two days later, Nik Aziz lost his long battle with cancer.

For pollster Ibrahim Suffian of Merdeka Center, these two events marked the beginning of Pakatan Rakyat’s unravelling...