Aide: Tunku cried like a child when May 13 riots broke

A trip down memory lane: Chung pointing to a framed photograph of himself (standing, left) and his colleagues posing with Tunku Abdul Rahman (seated), during an interview with The Star at his residence in Bell Road, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: The late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj’s love for his country was so immense that he sobbed like a child when the May 13 riots broke, one of his closest aides recalled.

Former Asst Supt of Police Owen Chung, who was Tunku’s aide-de-camp, said the episode illustrated how much national unity meant to the nation’s Bapa Malaysia.