Portraying a Political Icon and Malaysia’s Torturous Tale

By Ooi Kok Chuen

June 2021 PENANG PALETTE
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FOR LIM KIT SIANG, turning 80 in February marked 2020. a turbulent 55-year “the best of times / the worst of times” political crusade for a better Malaysia as strongman of the Democratic Action Party. It is a chequered career marked by seven terms as Member of Parliament in as many constituencies in five States, and also as State councillor in Penang and Melaka, apart from being imprisoned thrice for his political work.Such was the ambivalence as summed up by...

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