He said Dr Mahathir himself is still an influential person "because he has been on the scene for a long time and actually apart from what he has done (during) his stewardship, he is also an influential person."
"People know who he is and what he has done. They know what happened during his rule and all that. We cannot deny that," Razaleigh, or Ku Li, told reporters at Parliament lobby.
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