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For more than two decades, he was the poster boy for socialism before he turned his back on it and joined Umno. Now in his twilight years, Kassim Ahmad considers himself a failure but has no regrets.

THINKER, teacher, socialist, politician, Kamunting detainee. In his time, Kassim Ahmad was all these and was certainly no stranger to controversy.

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