Interim prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrives at Perdana Putra February 25, 2020. — Bernama pic
Here are some facts about Dr Mahathir, who returned to power in 2018, having first stepped down in 2003 after 22 years in power. He championed the economic empowerment of the Malays, which some say may have come at a cost for Malaysia’s Chinese and Indian ethnic minorities. He is credited with transforming Malaysia, a country of 32 million, into an industrial nation from a mainly rural one. The 88-storey Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the world’s tallest twin structures, were built under his watch.
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