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Karpal : Dr Mahathir may have fallen foul of Anti-Corruption Act 1997
DAP chairman Karpal Singh has lodged a police report against Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over his remark that certain judges had approached the former Prime Minister to lobby for promotion.
He said any judge seeking promotion, or anyone who had lobbied Dr Mahathir to be appointed a judge, had committed an offence under the Anti-Corruption [...]
Dr Mahathir should also be detained under ISA
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should be detained under the Internal Security Act, former UN rapporteur Datuk Param Cumaraswamy said.
He said Dr Mahathir’s public speech on May 17 in Johor Baru bordered on sedition. Dr Mahathir had allegedly used words with racial overtones in his speech.
Param said going by the reason for detaining 106 people [...]
Dr M’s play of the race card criticised for ‘moving backwards’
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s play of the race card runs contrary to his idea of a Bangsa Malaysia and Vision 2020.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said it was unhealthy to do so as Malaysians were moving towards the creation of a Bangsa Malaysia.“Now that we are moving in the direction he [...]
Outraged at order to investigate him, Mahathir Quits the United Malays National Organisation
Outraged at an order by Malaysia’s cabinet to investigate him on charges of judicial corruption, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has resigned from the United Malays National Organisation, to which he had belonged since 1946, and demanded that other UMNO members follow him out of the party until his successor is overthrown.
Mahathir’s decision [...]
Umno hegemony in retreat, Dr M: Malays losing grip …
The Malays have loosened their grip in political power to the point where non-Malays no longer respect them and their institutions, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
Dr M: Malays losing grip on political power
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Umno hegemony is under threat, Malays are not under threat
The heat is on Lingam
..While former Attorney General (the late) Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah was said to have closed the investigations into the New Zealand holiday of retired Chief Justice Tun Eusoff Chin and Lingam, sources said the commission wanted the matter reopened.
The panel of five felt that the fresh investigations should be conducted because the fresh allegations by [...]
Dr M: Najib should not be PM because he is a coward
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had second thoughts about Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak becoming Prime Minister as Najib had failed to speak up about the real reasons behind Barisan Nasional’s losses in the general election.
The former prime minister claimed that Najib was not “brave enough” to directly say anything that was not [...]
Is Dr Mahathir resonsible for the slide in the judiciary ?
..Asked whether he shared the view that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was responsible for the slide in the judiciary, Zaid said that:
- the sacking of judges (former lord president Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges in 1988) took place during his rule.- there were allegations of corruption in the judiciary.- constitutional amendments and [...]
I owe nobody any apology, says Dr Mahathir
…My conscience is clear. I have done what was my duty, and I owe nobody any apology,” Dr Mahathir wrote.
The letter was a reply to Karpal Singh’s earlier open letter stating that the former prime minister had abused the provisions of Article 125(3) of the Federal Constitution during the 1988 judicial crisis.
This led to [...]
Nazri reminds Mahathir that he started the 30% for top Umno posts rule
He also pointed out that Dr Mahathir had been the one to set the rule requiring candidates for top Umno posts to first get at least 30% of nominations – the very rule that he now wanted to abolish.
Nazri: Dr M cause of rift
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