The Malaysian Insider, 17 Jun 2009
It’s amazing the amount of press coverage, especially in the Chinese press, devoted to the visit of Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore. In the past 48 hours, even former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad got into the act by posting on his blog some, shall we say — nasty — comments about LKY (or MM as he is known in Singapore).
I suspect the reason why Malaysians, especially the Chinese press, take his comments so seriously is in part based on historical sentiment, and another part based on Singapore’s economic performance. Both are related.
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