“In 1964, I won the election in Kota Setar Selatan by 4,200 votes. This means that I was strong. In the constituency, there were 40,000 voters of which 35,000 of them are Malays. At that time, I was quite popular. That’s why I won the 1964 votes — because the Malays supported me,” the Malaysiakini interview quoted the nonagenarian as saying.
“In 1969, I expected to win. But because of…