One Man's Meat

The unforgiving ‘stepchildren’

By Philip Golingai
Pairin (left) with Mahathir at Kota Kinabalu in 2003. - filepic

IF Sabah and Sarawak had a stepfather, many Sabahans and Sarawa­kians would say it was Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Both states had a love-hate relationship with the man who was Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003.

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