News about Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

  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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali was named the economic affairs minister to ensure that the Malay community would not be upset at having Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic, right) take charge of both finance and economic affairs, the prime minister has revealed.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): The government will uphold the right of citizens to speak out if the rule of law is broken, which will be regarded as free speech and not considered as sedition in any way, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Recognising the Chinese independent school's Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) is just a signature away from being formalised, but the government has to consider Malay sentiments as well, according to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says the MCA should close down as the party has clearly been rejected by the people.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the Malaysian government cherished the two giant pandas, Xing Xing and Liang Liang, which were gifted by China, and promised to take good care of them.