PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan, the country’s first woman to be elected into public office, has entered the Malaysia Book of Records – 70 years after achieving that feat. Her bold leap in the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Election in 1952, a seat she retained in 1955, is seen as the breakthrough for political participation among women in a male-dominated field. The 99-year-old is also renowned for championing equal rights, and successfully pushed for the implementation of the Guardianship of In
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2022-03-13 00:00:00.0