Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has come out with some startling statements without batting an eyelid. That is typical of him!
But these are nothing but blatant and unvarnished lies – and Mahathir is a master at this!
What he recently said and claimed left many flabbergasted and in shock.
He painted Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister, “as an oppressor – one that is worse than the British colonials.”
“During the British era, we can speak out, form parties, and fight for the Malays.
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“During my time Malays could speak out too, but in Anwar’s ‘democratic’ era, Malays can’t speak up” was Mahathir’s outlandish and outrageous claim.
When Mahathir asserted that “in Anwar’s ‘democratic’ era, Malays can’t speak up”, wasn’t Mahathir speaking up as a Malay? Or has he gone back to his roots in order to speak boldly? Has there been any consequence for Mahathir when spewing his lies?
He refers to Anwar’s ‘era’. What is an era? It is “a long and distinct period of history”. But Anwar has been in office for hardly four months and Mahathir refers to that as an era! Can these four months be referred to as an “era”? Is there any substance in Mahathir’s reference?
Anwar has declared an unrelenting war against corruption. People without a clean past have reason to fear. For them, each day Anwar continues to be in office is a long period of time! And they feel threatened! They feel entrapped!
The atrocities the British committed in Malaya cannot be compared or equated to Anwar’s time in office. The British had all the time at their disposal to do whatever they wanted – and they did a lot to oppress, to rob the country of its wealth, to live as they pleased and lord over us.
They discriminated against us even after our independence. Certain clubs were barred to Asians. It was common to have “whites only” clubs and spaces – even certain urinals were exclusively for whites only!
We must ask Mahathir, did Anwar outdo them in all this in less than four months?
During the British era, there was the infamous Batang Kali massacre of innocent people. Did Anwar massacre anyone within these four months?
Mahathir boasts vainly, “During my time Malays could speak out too….”
But Dr Mahathir, do you remember what happened on 27 October 1987 to those who did? You locked them up without any charge and robbed them of their freedom. A total of 106 (or more) of them!
Let me refresh your memory, Tun. Some women who were locked up on that day of infamy had their period while in detention, and they faced difficulty getting sanitary pads. How callous and cruel could one be!
Tun, do you remember your inspector general of police Rahim Noor’s cowardly assault on a blindfolded Anwar with his hands tied behind him? Anwar appeared with a black eye in court on 29 September 1998 to face charges of corruption and sodomy.
Tun, you and Rahim Noor explained that Anwar’s black eye was “self-inflicted” by “pressing a glass over his eyes”. It took a royal commission of inquiry to expose that both of you had lied! How shameful it was that the PM and the inspector general back then were exposed as liars!
Tun, has any political opponent been beaten up in the lock-up during Anwar’s term in office? Has any adversary of Anwar been detained for speaking up? Name them if it is true! You can’t because nothing of that sort has taken place under Anwar’s watch.
Tun, do you recall how thousands of Reformasi protesters were brutally treated by the police with water cannons and baton charges? In contrast, have any protesters been assaulted cruelly during Anwar’s term in office?
Tun, you have lost your credibility and your followers. We understand your desperate situation and your helpless position. But that should be no excuse to resort to blatant lies – unless you are a compulsive and pathological liar!
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Very accurate description of the once dictator and master manipulator. He has many friends in Malaysia’s media companies therefore even though he lost his Langkawi parliamentary seat so badly that he lost his election deposit cash, newspapers and tv stations still print and air his views. No one cares what this dumbest former PM has to say. This arrogant power hungry politician wants to leave this world as a sitting PM. This is why he keeps jumping from one political group to another. He has ruined everything for his politician son. Mahathir should spend time with your grandchildren and wife. But no. He still insists on filling law suits and joining opposition parties. What a disgrace. Going out as a flop … and a power addict.
Do write in Bahasa Melayu to reach more Malaysians….
Why don’t you type the translation, ok bro
Can we stop talking and propagating this Old Man? His era is over. He should be preparing to meet his Maker soon and return to where his forebears came from.
Just a year or two into his first stint as PM, he had brazenly made a public statement which was reported in the media – “TELL A LIE AND REPEAT IT OFTEN AND PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT IS THE TRUTH”. A Singaporean Minister had called him “a great story teller”. His governed dictatorially by telling blatant lies – e.g. https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/487785
Please do not give space to let this old man give vent to his cantankerous voice. His days are over. Please discard him. We don’t need him to remind us of what he did in his 22 years as PM. [He] … should be sent back home to where his forebears came from. The M who hijacked the Malay agenda.
Slm Msia. M has done some good, I believe. Just like Najib too.He has a fixated n contorted perspective of the ‘Other’, forgetting that all Malayans helped obtain ‘Merdeka’ for the country.The colonialists were very firm. All had to demonstrate that we can live WITH ONE ANOTHER n in peace. Of course some leaders’ lowly politics distorted the NEP. It turned into a never-ending story. It is a pitiful shame on the Malays-Bumis, internationally. I pray, for M’sia, Anwar will change this. Good Work n Duty by ALL M’sns are the ingredients for our beloved nation to get investments coming in, n prosperity for ALL, INCLUSIVE of E Msns at all times. The young r watching n learning- good, bad things? ANWAR CAN GO ALL OUT FOR REAL, LIFE-ENHANCING EDN.
We from Sabah fully support this view on the need for clean government leaders and dispose off crooked ones…hidup Aliran
A beautifully articulated article on this dirty old racist.
How could he be so stupid to call himself a Malay, when his father was a …?
The fact that he, his son, and all the candidates from his party who contested the last elections, lost their deposits. Does he not find this shameful.
Does he not realise that people do not want him any more?
I hope that he will be investigated for the billions …
Don’t listen to that M … ! His time is up. forget him and what he did to us Malaysians as if he owned us all. He should be thinking of what he had to confess when he is up there facing our good friend Satan!
Good job Rama. Your writeup has definitely given your readers a clear picture of Mahathir that he is a pathetic liar, an evil man. And he is a racist. His actions of detaining the politicians [the majority of whom were] Chinese and Indians confirms that he is a racist.