Malaysia's 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Tuesday he will run the country for one to two years before stepping down, and that defeated leader Najib Razak could be charged soon in a massive corruption scandal. Mahathir, who was prime minister for 22 years until 2003, left the ruling party he once led to join a four-party coalition that scored a stunning victory in last week's elections. Mahathir said Anwar, who was jailed on sodomy charges in a conviction criticized as politically motivated, will be freed Wednesday. "In the initial stages, maybe lasting one or two years, I will be the prime minister and I will run the country," Mahathir told a Wall Street Journal conference via a video link. Mahathir told the conference that there will be "no deal" with Najib over the graft scandal.

Source: ABC News May 15, 2018 08:46 UTC