This is the final of a two-part interview with Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar. The PSM leader provides insight into what it means to stand apart from the political mainstream but still engage with it.

Click here for Part 1 of the interview.

Malaysiakini: How does a political party like the PSM move beyond its grassroots level, especially since the alternative media is not accessible to most people?

Jeyakumar: One, we take up issues that affect a larger number of people for example the healthcare system, the oversupply of nursing graduates, the GST (Goods and Services Tax), the contractualisation of labour, etc.

Initially we were confined in communities facing dire straits, for example eviction, but now we have broadened our reach.

Two, we prepare simple pamphlets on all these issues in three languages and distribute these in ‘pasar malams', coffee shops and numerous other places...