INTERVIEW | Former finance minister Daim Zainuddin was sent to China as a "special envoy" for "special reasons" ahead of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's scheduled visit sometime next month, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said.

It has been barely two weeks since he assumed the position but Saifuddin, in his first official media interview, took a diplomatic approach when quizzed on details surrounding the trip...