RM2mil raised at Pakatan do

Valuable memento: (From left) Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, Mohamad Sabu, Dr Mahathir, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Muhyiddin and Lim taking a picture with Platinum Victory managing director Datuk Seri Gan Yu Chai (fourth from right) who bought the photograph at the Pakatan dinner in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: A photograph taken of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad soon after he was sworn in as Prime Minister was sold for RM500,000 at the Pakatan Harapan charity dinner here.

The photograph of Dr Mahathir with five other Pakatan leaders taken on May 10 before he held his first press conference as Prime Minister was one of six pictures that were auctioned off to raise funds for the coalition to hold their political activities.