Suspicion and anxiety greet Adenan’s comeback

(FMT) KUCHING: Adenan Satem has returned to the Sarawak Cabinet after an absence of six years, and not everyone is happy.

The controversial politician assumed his new duties last Friday following a state cabinet reshuffle announced last March 25.

He is now Special Advisor to the Chief Minister, holding the status of a state minister. He is also in charge of information and broadcasting. That is a powerful position indeed, and is cause for concern and uneasiness not only to ambitious politicians, but also to the Ibans, whom he has insulted more than once.

Adenan, who is the state assemblyman for Tanjong Datu, was once tipped to replace Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, but fell out of favour with the latter in 2006 and spent the next four years in cold storage.

Before that falling out with Taib, he was a rising star and his detractors sarcastically called him the Raja Muda of PBB.

Many are asking why he is coming back. Does Taib really need an adviser? Or is he being groomed once again to take over the leadership of the party? What is so special about Adenan?

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