In January, at 100 years old, Mahathir suffered a fall at his home in Seri Kembangan that fractured his right hip. He spent weeks at the National Heart Institute undergoing physiotherapy without surgery. By late March, video footage showed him returning to his office at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana, moving carefully but working again through documents at his desk. Three months earlier, in a development few would have predicted, Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission had confirmed it was investigating Mahathir himself. The irony cuts deep. Mahathir built much of his political comeback on a crusade against graft. When he returned to power in 2018 at age 92, he campaigned against corruption as the central justification for unseating Najib Razak and ending Barisan Nasional’s 60-year rule. His government promised investigations. His rhetoric was unforgiving. Corruption, he said, was destroying the nation. Now, at 100, he stands under investigation. The MACC confirmed in April 2024 that Mahat...