{"id":28338,"date":"2017-02-08T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T08:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=28338"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T12:23:47","slug":"zaid-ibrahim-dap-interview-imoney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/zaid-ibrahim-dap-interview-imoney","title":{"rendered":"Zaid Ibrahim: Taking Risks For A Better Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Datuk Zaid Ibrahim was appointed law minister during the administration of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2008, The Economist <\/em>dubbed him \u201cthe most promising\u201d<\/a> in Cabinet.<\/p>\n

With his protest of a spate of arrests under the defunct Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960, he seemed to put that label to good work.<\/p>\n

But that very year, he was suspended from Umno and resigned as minister due to his criticism of the government\u2019s handling of legal matters, especially the ISA.<\/p>\n

Since then, he has been a political journeyman, never settling down. He joined opposition party PKR and then fell out with its leadership, tried setting up his own party but failed to get it off the ground, and now he is with the DAP, an unusual choice given the party\u2019s less than friendly image among the Malays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just weeks before his announcement, iMoney\u2019s writer Emmanuel Surendra caught up with the veteran politician to gauge his views on personal finance and the state of the country. The conversation, edited for length, follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So far, it has been a costly journey for Zaid Ibrahim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":28340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fame-fortune","category-interview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nZaid Ibrahim: Taking Risks For A Brighter Future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An independent thinker, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's political journey has always been challenging. 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