Mahathir Mohamad, 99, reflects on a contentious legacy

At the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur last Friday, a multitude of men at an angle for a close-up look at the silver-haired figure in a grey suit coming out of an elevator. They held their phones with camera up high and perched on the stairs to see better. Those who could approach close enough to kiss the man’s hand. A worshiper took his hand to the head in a greeting. The man ordering all this attention was Mahathir Mohamad, 99, who served more…