INTERVIEW | It is common knowledge that the pro-tem president of Parti Kuasa Rakyat, Kamarazaman Yaakob, is the brother of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Yet, perhaps many are unaware that he is also a political observer.

The president of the Universiti Malaya Students' Union in the 1970s, Kamarazaman's name is no stranger to activist contemporaries such as Hishamuddin Rais, who was the union's secretary-general.

Kamarazaman, 72, was also a detainee under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after leading a demonstration challenging farmer poverty issues in Baling, having been detained along with many leaders of the...