Dewan Rakyat honors late Abdullah Badawi with moment of silence

Dewan Rakyat honors late Abdullah Badawi with moment of silence

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat observed a moment of silence on Monday (May 5) to mourn the passing of Malaysia's fifth prime minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Read full story

Abdullah Badawi – An Understated and Underrated Leader

Abdullah Badawi, Malaysia’s fifth prime minister, passed away on 14 April. Fondly known as “Pak Lah”, he was in office from 2003 to 2009. He is best remembered for the see-saw in Barisan Nasional’s (BN) electoral fortunes: the massive electoral victory in 2004 which netted 90 per cent of seats in Parliament, and the coalition’s loss of its two-thirds parliamentary majority four years later. Abdullah Badawi came to power just after Mahathir Moham…