I have been investigated many number of times,” he told reporters after a late-night rally in the central state of Pahang. Mahathir eventually found a plane and made it to the island to register on Saturday for the polls. Prime Minister Najib Razak slammed Mahathir for making irresponsible allegations and urged him to stop his “politics of lying.”“We have opened an investigation (of Mahathir) under the fake news law,” the capital’s police chief, Mazlan Lazim, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The fund accumulated billions in debts and is being investigated for money laundering in the United States and other countries. Mahathir has galvanized a fractured opposition and became their prime minister candidate in the strongest bid to oust Najib and his long-ruling coalition.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 03, 2018 23:15 UTC