PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he will seek information on allegations of a “deep state” in the civil service, which is trying to sabotage the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government.

He said he is confident the government could unravel such a plot..

“I don’t know if it is taking place but if a hidden state exists, I think we can contain it, no problem. Prior to this, there were a lot of problems when I was prime minister, but we could continue to administer… I will deal with it, I will view and study it first,’’ he told reporters in Langkawi after meeting heads of government departments and local Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders.

Asked whether the transfer of Mohd Sallehhuddin Hassan from the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Ministry was linked to government efforts to stamp out a deep state, Dr Mahathir said he was not sure and would seek information on the matter.

Secretaries-general of the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry Sallehhuddin and the Communications and Multimedia ministry Mohd Ali Mohamad Nor are among those who have been transferred since PH came to power in May last year.

The Malaysian Insight reported that these transfers were part of PH’s efforts to rid the civil service of a deep state that was hindering policies and reforms. – December 8, 2019.