Pakatan Rakyat comprising then of PKR, DAP and PAS was formed in 2008 and had managed to prevent a two-thirds majority for Barisan Nasional (BN) in parliament in additon to winning the states of Selangor, Penang, Kedah and Perak.
Purchase of Duck's holding company which appears to be owned wholly by Datin Vivy Yusof and husband Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar was made same year GLICs invested RM47 mil