As deputy president of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia he negotiated its principled unification with the political movement which had emerged around Anwar despite several high - profile defections .
The Parti Rakyat Malaysia is a party his father had founded almost half a century before .
As deputy president of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia , a party his father had founded almost half a century before , he negotiated its principled unification with the political movement which had emerged around Anwar despite several high - profile defections .