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Azmin steps out of his mentors' shadow
Former PKR leader's growing influence did not happen by accident or Mahathir's own design
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Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur , Shannon Teoh
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When a bright-eyed 23-year-old graduate from the United States had the temerity to ask Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for a job in 1987, he gained not one but two political mentors after being assigned to then Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
That young man was Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, who has since then always operated under the wing of at least one, if not both his mentors.
