During a competitive debate, if you get "shafted", that's a really bad thing. As bad as it sounds: take a rod, preferably rusted, corrugated and very long, and shaft it up there where the sun doesn't shine.
I admired Tun M when he was prime minister -- didn't always agree with him but he had a certain Machiavellian flair, ideal for the bear pit of Malaysian politics. Now that he isn't PM anymore, he still seems as sharp as a tack, perhaps even more so now than ever before, unshackled as he is from the restraints of the office of Prime Minister.
Once again, the good old Tun has done more than earn his spurs as "The Shafting Tun":
Asked whether he returned the vehicles because he was unhappy with developments in Proton, he said: "I don't know what's going on in Proton. I have no communication with them." Pressed on the matter since he is Proton's adviser, the former Prime Minister said: "I can only advise if I know something is happening."
Now that's how its done.
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