All it took was a handshake to break the Internet in Malaysia.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim appeared to have buried the hatchet when they shook hands at the High Court on Monday, the first time since the latter was ousted from the government.
According to a report by The New Straits Times, Dr M showed up in court to lend support to the 69-year-old Anwar, his arch nemesis for almost two decades.
After the momentous handshake, both Dr M and Anwar were seen conferring with each other as they were surrounded by supporters.
This was the first time that both political heavyweights shared a light moment after Dr M stunningly removed Anwar as then-deputy prime minister over political differences back in 1998.
Anwar then spent the next six years in jail after being charged with corruption and sodomy.
Photos of the meeting between the two soon flooded social media, leaving Netizens lost for words:
Anwar, who is currently serving a five-year jail sentence for sodomy, appeared in court to attend hearing of his application to temporarily suspend the controversial National Security Council Act 2015.
The NSC Act is said to give current Prime Minister Najib Razak exclusive powers to designate any security areas and direct armed forces to conduct search, arrest and seizure without warrants.
His suit named the government and the National Security Council (NSC) as defendants.
