Lat’s sentimental journey

Lat at the opening of Lat House Gallery in Batu Gajah.— filepic

A VIVID memory for famed cartoonist Lat of Aug 31, 1957, was of his father and his friends driving to Kuala Lumpur to join in the momentous event marking the country’s independence.

Lat, whose real name is Datuk Mohd Nor Khalid, recalled that when he was a young boy of six his father travelled from Pahang to join in the celebrations at Stadium Merdeka.