Before the 2018 general election, Zaid Ibrahim had been rooting for Dr Mahathir Mohamad and was a staunch critic of Najib Abdul Razak.

But now, his new legal firm has been appointed to prevent Najib from landing in prison when the former premier exhausts his final avenue for appeal at the Federal Court against his conviction in the SRC International case.

Asked what prompted this change of stance, Zaid (above), who appears to have come full circle, from being an Umno lawmaker to unsuccessfully contesting the PKR number two post to founding the now-defunct Kita, to a DAP member, and now back in the Umno-Najib fold, told Malaysiakini that...