Mahathir Mohamad pictured during an interview with AFP in his office in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2013

Mahathir Mohamad pictured during an interview with AFP in his office in Kuala Lumpur in February. The former Malaysian prime minister has been invited to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, as have former South African president FW De Klerk and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso.