Long after his passing 16 years ago, Pak Samad is still celebrated for the many boundaries he dared to push.

From co-founding Singapore’s ruling party, PAP, with Lee Kuan Yew to being persona non grata— there’s a lot to learn from Malaysia’s journalism icon, a laureate who was ahead of his time.

Pak Samad or Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail has his legacy etched in history.

And while he paved the landscape of Malaysian media to be what it is today and revered as an icon by newsmen, to his family and children, he was simply ‘Bapak’.

Ahead of her father’s centenary remembrance event, Datuk Nuraina Samad reflects on what it was like growing up with him in this NST exclusive.

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