Looking forward, Muda chief distances himself from old mentor Dr M

INTERVIEW | Once regarded as one of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s many blue-eyed boys, it appears that Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is now reluctant to look back on his mentor-protege relationship with the former premier.

In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini on Tuesday, Syed Saddiq, who was seen as Mahathir’s near-constant sidekick, divulged that he would much rather move forward to focus on Muda’s “new politics” agenda than reminiscing on the past.

When asked if he was ashamed to have been the nonagenarian’s loyalist and the close camaraderie the pair once shared, Syed Saddiq sidestepped the question.

He, instead, said that he does not see eye to eye with the old ways of politics, which Mahathir still seems to...