[1] Megat Junid was a teacher by profession and first met Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the early 1970s.

[1] Mahathir was living in exile for criticising then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman at the time of their meeting.

[1] Junid was first elected as a Malaysian Member of Parliament at the same time that Mahathir became the Prime Minister of the country.

[1] He served in the post for two years until he lost his seat in Parliament to a PAS candidate in the 1999 Malaysian general election.

[1] Megat Junid died on 24 January 2008, aged 65, at the Pantai Medical Centre in Bangsar following a battle with prostate cancer.