Of DPMs, Zahid and Rome's Brutus

comments     Hazlan Zakaria     Published     Updated

COMMENT There is a reason that if you count numerically, Malaysia seems to have more men with the title of former deputy prime minister than those titled former PMs.

Perhaps it was because at one time, the most dangerous job in Malaysia was to be the deputy to then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Some say that it all started with the former PM's aversion to being stabbed in the back by his deputy, like what the trusted Brutus did to Julius Caesar, though in that case it was actually from the front as historical accounts told.

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