20 years since the Asian Financial Crisis, a look back at how Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad defied the International Monetary Fund, and his subsequent clash with his deputy Anwar Ibrahim. Has Malaysia come out of the crisis for better or for worse in the long run, as a result of his rejection of the IMF's measures?
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