Kit Siang: Once a hegemon, Dr M now a consensus builder

Andrew Ong & Kow Gah ChiePublished: May 17, 2018 12:38 AM | Updated: May 29, 2018 2:22 AM

INTERVIEW | As an opposition leader for five decades, Lim Kit Siang has witnessed Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s rise to power and scrutinised the latter’s 22 years as prime minister.

Lim's work as a government watchdog had resulted in him, in his own words, being once a “guests of His Majesty’s government” which is a reference to his incarceration without trial during Operasi Lalang.

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