Lim Kit Siang

About

Malaysian Democratic Action Party politician who became a member of Parliament in 2004.

Before Fame

He became a secretary for the DAP and an editor of the party's political newspaper in the 1960s.

Trivia

He was imprisoned in the late 1980s for violations of Malaysia's Internal Security Act.

Family Life

He married and had four children, one of whom is the prominent politician, Lim Guan Eng.

Associated With

Another Malaysian politician like him is Najib Razak, who served as the country's sixth Prime Minister.