Dr M has gone too far, says Johor sultan

Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has blasted former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad for claiming the state is "surrendering land to the Chinese", and said the veteran politician has "gone too far".

In an exclusive interview with The Star published today, the sultan was reported as saying he was “deeply offended and hurt” by Mahathir's comments made over the past weeks.

“Enough is enough. I have so far restrained myself from commenting on the controversy on Forest City generated by Dr Mahathir and his supporters.

“But Dr Mahathir has gone too far with his twisting of the issue. He is making allegations that 700,000 mainland Chinese will stay in JB, and that citizenships will be given away, and that huge tracts of land have been sold to the Chinese.

“He is giving the impression that Johor is surrendering land to the Chinese and that we are giving up our sovereignty, comparing even how we gave up Singapore to the British,” The Star reported the sultan as saying in an interview at Istana Bukit Serene.

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-Mkini