Loved and loathed, Mahathir leaves complex legacy

comments     Lawrence Bartlett     Published     Updated

Loved and loathed but rarely ignored, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad leaves a complex legacy when he retires today.

He is seen by some in the West as a Muslim bigot, but for 22 years he has run a moderate multi-racial, multi-religious country.

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