In new remarks, Dr M suggests he never buried the hatchet with Anwar
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 10:08 AM MYTMahathir appeared to blame Anwar for letting Perikatan Nasional take over the federal government, saying the latter was 'obsessed' with becoming the PM. — Reuters pic
“Before that, Ku Li also left the party to form Semangat 46. But that was a Malay party,” Dr Mahathir said, referring to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. “I have issues with Anwar. I admit it. When I was still the Umno president, Anwar was dropped and sentenced to imprisonment. These revelations will cast added doubt on Dr Mahathir’s previous insistence that he had been prepared to step aside for Anwar after Malaysia was done hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in November.
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