PKR president Anwar Ibrahim chose to remain silent in the face of attacks from PAS in the years since the collapse of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

“I never responded once, because I considered PAS as an old buddy. I am that kind of a person,” he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this evening.

According to Anwar, the final straw was when the Islamist party attempted to create a rift between him and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad...