News about Mahathir Mohamad

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 29): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the public to be patient with the government’s decision over the fate of the RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, and wait for the official statement from Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): With slowing economic growth and mounting concern over RM1 trillion worth of public debts, conflicting statements over the weekend from two top Malaysian ministers over the fate of the RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project have, worryingly, highlighted that there could be too many cooks in the proverbial kitchen of Malaysia’s financial and economic affairs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was shocked by Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s announcement about the scrapping of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, reported The New Straits Times (NST) today.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 25): The cabinet has decided to terminate China contractor China Communications Construction Co Ltd’s (CCCC) contract to build the RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, according to Sin Chew Daily in its evening edition yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 24): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he is 'not sure' whether the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) contract has been terminated as reported in the media.

  PETALING JAYA (Jan 16): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been invited to speak at the Oxford Union, and doing so will make him the first Malaysian and democratically-elected Asean leader to do so.

  PUTRAJAYA (Jan 14): Prime Minister (PM) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad urged his staff at PM Department to focus on fair wealth distribution in executing government policies.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 10): Here's something you don't get to see every day – Johor's Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar driving Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to the Senai International Airport in a first-generation Proton Saga.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 10): The government has been unable to find fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, so far, but is confident of locating him by stepping up its search efforts, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, has dismissed a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report claiming that he had a role in facilitating deals with China to bail out 1MDB in 2016 in exchange for lucrative contracts.