Meet Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, the opposition leader in Malaysia's parliament, who recently made headlines for his alleged recurrent parliamentary truancy. But is there more to his absence than meets the eye?

In this episode of Fireside Chat, Hamzah opens up about his medical condition and the surgery that left him unable to attend the parliamentary sitting. But that's not all. The Larut MP also weighs in on the Malaysia’s contentious bilateral gaffes, addresses the swirling rumour of an internal movement to topple him and his take Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s overly accommodating diplomatic flair.