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Mahathir Mohamad is the former prime minister of Malaysia. A trained doctor, he had two stints in power - the first from 1981 to 2003 when he led the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition and the second from 2018 to February 24, 2020, when he was backed by the Pakatan Harapan ruling coalition. Mahathir had joined forces with his on-again, off-again rival Anwar Ibrahim to pull off a surprise election victory in 2018 to oust disgraced former leader Najib Razak, who has been implicated in a multi-billion dollar scandal involving state investment firm 1MDB.
The decision to invite Lockheed Martin and BAE to a government-backed expo has raised questions about the consistency of PM Anwar Ibrahim’s criticism of the Gaza war with the actions of his government.
Mahathir has denied that he abused power while in government and described the anti-corruption sweep as politically motivated.
Without a formidable and charismatic replacement, People’s Justice Party of Malaysia remains firmly wedded to its president’s political fortunes – leaving a political outfit that one insider described as ‘paralysed’.
Mahathir, 98, questions why the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has concluded he committed an offence when he is not formally being investigated.
A Malaysian public that’s accustomed to politics shaping prosecutions largely sees PM Anwar Ibrahim following in the footsteps of his predecessors, while his allies walk free.
Robert Tan is accused of ‘cheating’ the finance ministry in 2019 into granting his firm a US$840 million contract to run the government’s fleet of vehicles.
Mahathir Mohamad’s two eldest sons have revealed for the first time in an interview that a months-long anti-corruption investigation is targeting their 98-year-old father.
Mahathir, 98, went into the National Heart Institute on January 26 due to an unspecified infection and has remained in hospital since for observation.
Malaysia has announced a goal to create five domestic US$1 billion ‘unicorns’ by 2025 as part of its plan to become a global start-up hub.
Authorities have been searching for Muhammad Adlan Berhan since August in relation to a probe on a project involving the registration and recruitment of foreign workers.
The order is part of an anti-graft investigation after Mirzan’s name appeared in leaks of offshore business records that were revealed by a global media network.
News of the ex-PM’s hospitalisation came after his lawyer told a Kuala Lumpur court his client was unable to attend a defamation hearing.
Mirzan and Mokhzani said they are compiling all relevant documents, but asked Malaysia’s anti-graft body for patience as they try to collate 43 years’ worth of information.
Mahathir Mohamad and Daim Zainuddin are among the old adversaries to be swept up in a wide-ranging anti-graft probe. Anwar denies he’s had a hand in it. Still, at least one observer says it’s a ‘smart move’.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission sends asset declaration notice to businessman Mokhzani Mahathir.
An inquiry panel will look into then-PM Mahathir Mohamad’s decision to withdraw from a review of ICJ’s ruling on the island of Pedra Branca.
Malaysia’s ex-minister Daim Zainuddin, the former aide of Mahathir Mohamad, faces questions over his wealth as PM Anwar Ibrahim cracks down on endemic corruption.
The government said a panel would be set up to carry out ‘a transparent, fair and equal investigation’.
Naimah Abdul Khalid, who was banned from leaving the country, faces up to five years in jail if convicted.
The probe against Mirzan Mahathir concerns the sale of stakes in some government-linked corporations.
Mirzan Mahathir, 66, has 30 days to declare his domestic and overseas assets, as part of the agency’s investigation into revelations from the Panama Papers.
Former PM Mahathir Mohamad says staunch critic P Ramasamy’s loyalty to his ethnicity shows that he is racist.
Under ex-PM Najib Razak’s tenure, Malaysia saw billions of dollars of Chinese investments mainly via the Belt and Road Initiative, some of which were later axed.
PM Anwar Ibrahim is using the ‘Dubai Move’ talk to divert attention from his administration which is riddled with ‘incompetence’, says one opposition MP.
Daim Zainuddin, 85, who held the finance portfolio twice, has denied all wrongdoing and said he was not informed what offence he had allegedly committed despite repeated queries to the body.
A 58-storey building in Kuala Lumpur belonging to the close ally of ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad was seized as part of the investigation.