Asked if a handover could come in December 2020, Dr Mahathir said: "We'll look at that when the time comes." Dr Mahathir said he hoped for an out-of-court settlement with Goldman Sachs soon over the 1MDB scandal that sent Malaysia's debt soaring. Dr Mahathir said the meeting would look into situations where Muslims were being oppressed. That would include allegations of rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, Dr Mahathir said, while adding prospects for action by the Muslim world were limited. Dr Mahathir has in the past said that China was too powerful to challenge over the accusations in Xinjiang, which China denies.

Source: The Edge Markets December 10, 2019 09:56 UTC