Description
K. Das & The Tunku Tapes is the closest we will ever get to reading Malaysia's first Prime Minister's memoirs or his authorised biography. These tapes contain interviews with the Tunku by his authorised biographer, K. Das, in 1988. It was a year which saw the ruling party, UMNO in the throes of its worst political crisis since 1969 and the Malaysian judiciary under unprecedented attack by the Mahathir Government.
The Tunku speaks his mind on the personalities of the day as well as on politicians of the past with a candour and directness that will make many blush. He provides hitherto undisclosed perspectives of historical episodes, for example, the hatchetmen behind the May 13 racial riots of 1969. These will interest historians and ordinary Malaysians alike.
Covering a broad spectrum of incidents in his colourful life from childhood to his retirement, K. Das & The Tunku Tapes gives Malaysians an intimate portrait of Bapa Malaysia as the charming prince with the commoner's touch, caught in the changing times.
This publication is above all, a tribute to K. Das, one of Malaysia's best writers and fighters for justice. He is best known as the former Bureau Chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review and author of political best sellers including May Day For Justice, Questionable Conduct and The Musa Dilemma.
