Dr M named among Time’s 100 most influential people
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad reacts during a news conference in Petaling Jaya May 10, 2018, following Pakatan Harapan’s victory in the general election. — Reuters picmagazine’s 100 most influential people this year, following the victory of Pakatan Harapan on May 9 last year.editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, she described him as a “formidable old warhorse” who had dazzled during the gruelling election campaign.
“You don’t have to be young to fight the power,” Rewcastle-Brown wrote, pointing at Dr Mahathir’s crusade against Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal. “Venting moral outrage, the colloquially called Dr M swept back to power in a landslide election victory in May 2018 at age 92.”
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