Tunku Abdul Rahman’s enduring legacy in foreign affairs

His easy-going style does not sit well with conservative Malay leaders

By: B A Hamzah

Had he lived, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Malaysia’s founding leader, would have been 121 years old on February 8. He was born in 1903 in the northern state of Alor Setar which he chose as his final resting place, unlike other premiers Tun Razak Husin and Tun Hussin Onn, who were buried at the National Mausoleum in the compound of the …