KEPALA BATAS: For 90-year-old Salleh Din, the words of Malaysia’s first prime minister are still ringing in his ears.
“I can still recall the time when Tunku Abdul Rahman told residents of Kampung Guar Kepah and nearby villages to not worry anymore about the colonialist as the country has achieved its independence,” he said, recounting Tunku Abdul Rahman’s speech when opening the Merdeka Bridge in 1957.
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