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One year of jostling to be Beloved Tun’s biggest fan

The following is a story told by Ian Chin, then a High Court judge (in 2008).

It happened in 1996 or thereabouts, as Chin recalled. A group of judges was having their picture taken with Mahathir. One particular judge – Chin recounted – “quickly planted himself behind the chair where Dr Mahathir was to sit”.

And when the PM was about to be seated, Chin overheard this fellow judge declare to Mahathir: “Sir, I am always behind you”. Continue reading “One year of jostling to be Beloved Tun’s biggest fan”