Before the official Sabah election results, PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh jumped the gun with a press conference, declaring Pakatan Harapan and its ally Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) had enough seats to form the state government.

The bold move quickly became fodder for ridicule. At the time, Harapan had only won two of its 22 contested seats. This was later reduced to a single seat, and that too delivered by a GRS parachute candidate, following the official count.

In an interview with Chinese-language YouTube channel “The Keywords”, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke - whose party was wiped out in all eight seats it contested - was asked...