COMMENT | What does PKR’s Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim have to do with PM Anwar Ibrahim’s two years in power, if anything?

Everything - he is assuming the mantle of a reformist standing up for the promises that PKR made while Anwar is losing it.

Hassan’s troubles with the PKR leadership encapsulate the party’s transformation from its core purpose of ending corruption and patronage. The party is instead muzzling a brave MP who has the courage to raise issues of public concern such as the questionable award of the second 5G network.

Instead of addressing the core issues, PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh said the disciplinary action was initiated following complaints the party received against Hassan from “several members of its central leadership council”.

Who are these unnamed leaders who do not have the gumption to speak up but instead complain about someone else who does and who raises very valid points about the award of the 5G contract which involves spectrum worth several billion ringgit?