Dr Mahathir spawned robber barons but...

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Malaysiakini's interview with Dr Mahathir Mohamad continues to draw a panoply of reactions from readers. Here's a selection.

Shufiyan Shukur: Many people have knocked Tun Dr Mahathir (TDM), me included. But not many can deny that despite all the negatives of his premiership, he has been a visionary, dragging a laggard country by the scruff of its neck towards development.

No doubt he has also created robber barons - intentionally or unintentionally only God and he knows - and these economic brigands have caused 'leakages' in the country's coffers and enriched themselves beyond the imagination of the rest of us.

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