I wanted to be a lawyer, says Mahathir


Reports by RAHIMY RAHIM, FATIMAH ZAINAL and HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM

KUALA LUMPUR: Had he not ended up studying medicine in university, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he would have become a lawyer.

“I did not choose to be a doctor. I had no choice. In those days if they give you a scholarship to study anything, you just say yes; you don’t say no or I prefer to choose this or that.

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