Anwar Ibrahim: The Man Who Became the Compromise

A Malaysia journalist reflects on how Anwar increasingly resembles the establishment he once vowed to change

By: Mahi Ramakrishnan

Anwar Ibrahim visited Indonesia in 2015. Wikimedia photo

There was a time when I thought I was witnessing a political transformation in real time. Anwar Ibrahim, a man many believed carried UMNO’s DNA in his political bloodstream, seemed to be breaking free of it when he broke with his mentor, Mahathir Mohamad. I reported on his tria…