Dr M free to attend assembly

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has every right to be picked as a delegate to the party general assembly in November.

Party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the supreme council had discussed the matter and concluded that it would be up to the Kubang Pasu Umno division to decide whether the former Prime Minister should become a delegate.

Dr Mahathir, who helmed the division when he was Prime Minister and Umno president, is now an ordinary member.

“If he is a delegate, then he is welcome to attend the assembly in that capacity,” the Prime Minister said after chairing a four-hour supreme council meeting at Menara Dato’ Onn last night.

Hsien Loong says Dr M-Abdullah row can affect Asean climate

SINGAPORE: The overall outlook of Asean remains favourable although some member countries are facing difficulties, a situation which could affect “the climate of Asean”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. 

In Malaysia, he said, the problem was the “deep political differences” between former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. 

“I think everyone hopes these will be resolved soon,” he said in his National Day Rally speech at the National University of Singapore’s Cultural Centre last night. 

Dr M refutes claims of him trying to topple Abdullah

 

 

CYBERJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has refuted suggestions that he is trying to oust Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from his post. 

 

“There is no way for me to topple the Prime Minister,” he said, responding to reported remarks by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz last Saturday. 

Nazri had allegedly said that based on information that he received on conversations that the former prime minister had had with some friends, he believed Dr Mahathir wanted to topple Abdullah.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Born in Alor Star, the capital of the northern state of Kedah, Mahathir said in his autobiography that he had Indian ancestry (from his father), with its origins tracing back to Kerala in India, while his mother was a Kedah-born Malay. Mahathir, however, considers himself to be a “full Malay”, in line with Article 160 of the Constitution. Under Article 153 of the Constitution, Malays are granted particular rights not available to other citizens.

Mahathir first attended a Malay vernacular school before continuing his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star. Mahathir then attended the King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore, where he edited a medical student magazine called The Cauldron; he also contributed to the The Straits Times newspaper anonymously under the nickname “Che Det”. Mahathir was also President of the Muslim Society in the college ^[1] In 1953, Mahathir entered the then Malayan government service as a medical officer upon graduation. He married Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali — a former classmate in college — on August 5, 1956, and left the government service in 1957 to set up his own practice in Alor Star.

Mahkamah Majistret: Sapeia didakwa

KOTA BHARU: Bekas Perdana Menteri, [tag]Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad[/tag], dinamakan sebagai seorang daripada empat individu yang menjadi mangsa semburan bahan berbahaya ketika pertuduhan dibacakan terhadap seorang ahli perniagaan, Datuk Nik Sapeia Nik Yusof di Mahkamah Majistret, di sini, semalam.

Selain Dr Mahathir, Nik Sapeia turut dituduh dengan sengaja mendatangkan kecederaan terhadap ahli politik, Datuk [tag]Ibrahim Ali[/tag], Mohd Nasir Muda dan Suberi Shaidan.Bagaimanapun, Nik Sapeia mohon dibicarakan atas pertuduhan itu bersama empat tuduhan pilihan yang dibacakan di hadapan Majistret Tengku Amalin A’ishah Putri Sultan Ismail Petra.