DAP's rising star Howard Lee is battling a public relations crisis after video excerpts of an interview on the state of public healthcare was widely panned as condescending and arrogant.

The barrage of criticism has forced the Ipoh Timur MP, his inner circle, and even Pakatan Harapan’s machinery, to come out in his defence.

In the first video excerpt that caught public attention yesterday, Howard (above) was asked by the...