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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