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Barker was pals with the late JB sultan.
That helped tremendously in relations with Johore
Mahathir was having a serious political crisis when Musa & Razaleigh challenged his PM post and Mahathir had to create diversion by picking up fights with S'pore.
Eddie knew that the late Sultan Iskandar was due to become the next King of Malaysia in 1984 and it was Eddie who advised the old fart to befriend the late Sultan.
After Eddie introduced them to each other, old fart was invited to attend the Sultan's daughter's wedding in JB. Old farker was so inconsiderate he turned up at the wedding dinner two hours late.
The late Sultan Iskandar went out of his way to protect S'pore by telling Mahathir to stop his mischievous acts. The rest is history.