Johor still part of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir tells sultan

Alfian Z.M. Tahir Alfian Z.M. Tahir Updated 5 years ago · Published on 11 Apr 2019 12:57PM · 3 Comments

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reminded the Johor sultan that the state is still part of Malaysia and he has the authority to make decisions regarding it. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, April 11, 2019.

DR Mahathir Mohamad said he has the right to make decisions regarding Johor as the state remains a part of Malaysia, over which he is head.

“I believe that Johor is still part of this country. Unless of course this is a foreign country, I don’t interfere in internal foreign country matters,” Dr Mahathir said sarcastically today when asked to comment on Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar’s warning for outsiders to stop interfering in state matters.

“I want certain quarters to stop making noise and fighting about politics and focus on efforts to take care of the nation instead,” Sultan Ibrahim said on Facebook today.

“On matters concerning Johor, don’t be a busybody in meddling into the state affairs as this sovereign state still has a sultan.”

Dr Mahathir and the Johor royal family have been involved in a series of spats on social media, which escalated after Dr Mahathir warned Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim that action could be taken against him for any seditious remarks.

The latest tussle between Dr Mahathir and the state royalty is on the resignation of Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian, and who holds the power to select and appoint his successor. – April 11, 2019.

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Comments

  • Make the move to secede then if Malaysia is not what you want to be a part of. That's called finishing what you started.

    Posted 5 years ago by J R · Reply

    • April fooling is only on the 1st of April. The fooling period is over.

      Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

    • Why throw away a forest just to hug a tree?

      Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply