One stone, two birds: Puad takes aims at 'cruel' Thomas and successor

Armed with the acquittal of Shahrir Samad, Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi opened fire at Tommy Thomas and his successor Idrus Harun.

Puad (above) said the case involving the Johor Bahru Umno division chief was the latest example of the former attorney-general’s "wickedness” in ordering "selective prosecutions" during his tenure.

As for Idrus, the Rengit assemblyperson, who wanted the...