COMMENT Saifuddin Abdullah, a onetime enthusiast-turned-critic of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, is the latest speculator as to the political orientation of his former patron.

“I would not want to describe (Najib) as extreme, but he did shift to the right after the general election. He was very moderate but now he has changed,” Saifuddin, who joined the opposition PKR a fortnight ago, is quoted as saying in an interview with a Chinese language newspaper.