Remembering Tunku’s legacy

Lawman: Tunku Abdul Rahman in wig and gown after his call to the Bar at the Inner Temple, Inns of Court, London, in 1947. — Filepic

“A LEADER takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” This statement by Rosalynn Carter sums up the life and work of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj whose 118th birthday we commemorate today.

Tunku is best known as our nation’s founding father and the driving force behind the peaceful transition of power from British colonialism to Malayan independence. But we forget the other scintillating aspects of his multifaceted personality.