He travelled widely as a painter, writer, filmmaker and human rights advocate before he returned to Malaysia from Australia during mid 90s, and became one of the earliest founding members of a new Parti Keadilan Nasional 国民公正党 in 4 April 1999 (which subsequently amalgamated with Parti Rakyat Malaysia 马来西亚人民党 to become Parti Keadilan Rakyat 人民公正党).
There was also growing tension between some former PRM members in PKR with the leadership over what was perceived as a growing influence of neoconservatism within the new party stemming from the personal friendship between the party's leader, Anwar Ibrahim and Paul Wolfowitz.
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