In new memoir, ex-AG reveals Dr M wanted him out after Malay backlash

Tommy Thomas is set to release an autobiography chronicling his upbringing, rise as a lawyer and contentious 20-month tenure as the attorney-general of Malaysia.

The prologue of “My Story - Justice in the Wilderness” opens with a meeting he had with then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on June 5, 2018, one day after his appointment as the Pakatan Harapan government’s legal advisor...