HOW Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye’s political career came to an abrupt end is both interesting and unprecedented in Malaysian political history (“Lee Lam Thye breaks 32-year silence”; June 17, The Star; online at bit.ly/star_lee).
When Lee decided to quit politics in 1990, the four-term Bukit Bintang Member of Parliament never made known his differences with his political party or condemned its policies as most politicians leaving a party do. Instead, he continued to soldier on, serving the people and the nation – something that he says is a noble calling.
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