News about Dr Mahathir Mohamad

KUALA LUMPUR (August 7): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has challenged any party wanting to claim ownership of the seized luxury super yacht Equanimity, which has been returned by Indonesian authorities to the Malaysian government, to come forward and furnish proof of their claim.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has defended his appointment as the chairman of Khazanah Nasional Bhd, saying it is in line with efforts to put the state-owned investment fund on the right track.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Umno politician Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abd Rahim, speaking in Parliament yesterday, described Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali as the country’s most powerful person after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar (pictured) said he had a positive meeting with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad before officially clocking out for the last time from Khazanah Nasional Bhd's office as its managing director yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The next person to lead Khazanah Nasional Bhd as managing director should be a professional who is not politically active, and who has a proven record in management, said the sovereign wealth fund’s former managing director Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 1): Investment in an online lingerie company resulted in losses of RM80 million, one of several bad moves by sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The mass rapid transit Line 3 (MRT3) project may still see the light of day as the government will be revisiting it if the country’s financial situation improves, according to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): Khazanah Nasional Bhd, which saw all its board members resign en masse last week, will continue to be managed by professionals despite having two politicians on its board now, according to Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has "welcomed" the offers of resignation from the entire board of Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): The move by all nine Khazanah Nasional Bhd board members to offer their resignation to the government is “appropriate” as it will give the government ample opportunity to reinvent the sovereign wealth fund, said academician Prof Edmund Terence Gomez.