INTERVIEW | R Yuneswaran was one of the first-time MPs who swept into office during the 15th general election.

Having grown up in the Klang Valley, he moved to Johor as a teenager and now finds himself facing the challenges of being Segamat MP.

The seat was first held by Sardon Jubir, who was in the cabinet for 15 years before becoming Penang governor.

MCA president Lee San Choon, long-time MIC deputy president, the late S Subramaniam and his namesake, former health minister Dr S Subramaniam also held the seat before Edmund Santhara breached the BN fortress in the historic 2018 polls.

Santhara was one of the Sheraton Move defectors who contributed to the fall of the Pakatan Harapan administration and this understandably sullied his reputation among many voters.

As his former campaign manager, Yuneswaran, 37, suddenly...