内容摘要：His family members were among the hundreds and thousands forced to live in detention camps during a crackdown on the Mau Mau, a movement of independence fighters.

His family members were among the hundreds and thousands forced to live in detention camps during a crackdown on the Mau Mau, a movement of independence fighters.

Despite being 90 years of age, the Royal Navy veteran says he still has a "burning fire" inside him.He believes he was "robbed" of the military pension he deserved and has been fighting to have it corrected since the 1980s.

"I'm coming up to 91 and I haven't got long to go," Mr Williams said. "I'm doing it for my wife."It wasn't until Mr Williams had a chance conversation with his brother-in-law Ronald Oswell, that he says he realised what had happened.The two men had almost identical service records and both applied for redundancy when the UK armed forces looked to reduce numbers in 1969.

But while Mr Williams, who lives in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, was given a discharge date in 1970, his brother-in-law was allocated one in 1972."He said 'What do you think of the pension, Ernie?'," Mr Williams told BBC West Investigations.

"I said, 'Well £440 a year is not very good, is it?'

"And he said 'No it's £880 a year'."But Lee is casting himself as a "pragmatist" who can adapt to a changing security environment. "The US-Korea alliance is the backbone of our national security. It should be strengthened and deepened," he said in a recent televised debate.

All this has left voters and diplomats here unsure of what he really stands for, and what he will do if elected - though this seems to be the point.Ms Kim, Korea Pro's analyst, believes his makeover is more genuine than might appear. "He was already high up in the polls, so he didn't need to work hard to win votes," she said. "I think he is playing a longer game. He wants to be a popular leader, someone who can be trusted by more than half of the country."

Bringing the country together will be the biggest challenge for whoever wins.When people vote on Tuesday, it will be six months to the day since they came out onto the streets to resist a military takeover.