Mahathir's Shattered Legacy

Southeast Asia's last outsize leader faces exit from the stage

By: Murray Hunter

After nearly 75 years in public life, the political career of Mahathir Mohamed appears to be drawing to a close at age 96. As he becomes less relevant despite his recent launch of a thinly disguised bid to return to power via a National Recovery Council amid the country’s current fevered political maneuvering, it is time to look at what…