Tunku’s memory honoured with photo gallery at Commonwealth House

TUNKU Abdul Rahman celebrated the country’s rich multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious heritage as strengths, not weaknesses. Lesser leaders after the Tunku exploited ethnic tensions to promote themselves and divide citizens. Bapak Malaysia and his unifying philosophy were discarded since 1970.

The Royal Commonwealth Society (KL), on its 60th anniversary, dedicated the Tunku Room to the fond memory of its founding patron.

The Tunku’s bronze bust, cast in 1976 by an unnamed donor, stands like a guardian angel facing the lounge, reminding members and visitors of harmony and goodwill. That has taken an even more urgent significance now, as centrifugal political and religious forces threaten the fabric of a Malaysia for all its citizens.