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1. There are politicians and politicians. How they behave and how they react cannot fit into any mould.

2. When I was Prime Minister I was called all kinds of names. I was labelled an ultra, a firaun or pharoah, mahazalim, dictator, you name it, just anything derogatory or insulting or demeaning, and I have had it.

3. I did not take any action against them, I did not threaten them, I did not ask the police to question them, I did not arrest, detain and charge them for being terrorists, for sabotaging Malaysia’s banking system, sabotaging Malaysia’s economy.

4 And I did not threaten to sue them, nor did I sue them.

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To: Proton car owners and buyers

I feel I owe you all an explanation as to why I resigned as Chairman of Proton.

Only Proton owners and fans can help Proton. So please help Proton, your national car maker.

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NOTE TO EDITOR

Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad has resigned as Chairman of Proton Holdings, effective March 30, 2016.

A letter of resignation has been sent to Group Managing Director of DRB-HICOM Berhad, Dato Seri Syed Faisal Albar yesterday.

Dr Mahathir has also relinquished his post as the Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas, also effective Mar 30, 2016. His decision has been communicated to UTP Rector Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim.

Apart from that, Dr Mahathir has also resigned as the advisors to the Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) and the Tioman Island Development Authority (TIDA). The Chief Secretary to the Government has been informed of these resignations.

Office of Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad
Putrajaya
31st March 2016

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Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad telah meletak jawatan sebagai Pengerusi Proton Holdings, berkuat kuasa 30hb. Mac 2016.

Surat peletakan jawatan telah dihantar kepada Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan DRB-HICOM Berhad, Dato Seri Syed Faisal Albar semalam.

Dr Mahathir juga telah melepaskan jawatannya sebagai Canselor Universiti Teknologi Petronas, juga berkuat kuasa 30hb. Mac 2016. Keputusannya telah disampaikan kepada Rektor UTP, Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim.

Selain itu, Dr Mahathir juga telah meletakkan jawatan sebagai penasihat kepada Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (LADA) dan Lembaga Pembangunan Pulau Tioman (TIDA). Ketua Setiausaha Negara telah dimaklumkan mengenai peletakan jawatan-jawatan ini.

Pejabat Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad
Putrajaya
31 Mac 2016

1. Saya diberitahu bahawa ramai ahli dan pemimpin bawahan UMNO marah kerana saya berada bersama Kit Siang dalam usaha menjatuhkan Dato Seri Najib.

2. Ya, ini memang pelik dan aneh. Kami adalah musuh ketat. Tetapi kami berdua mempunyai pendirian yang sama berkenaan penyingkiran Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri.

3. Sepatutnya penyingkiran ini dibuat oleh UMNO. Dalam pertandingan antara saya dengan Tengku Razaleigh ahli dan pemimpin UMNO secara terang boleh memihak kepada Tengku Razaleigh. Saya tidak menakutkan mereka, tidak membuang mereka dari jawatan atau parti. Yang Menteri terus jadi Menteri, demikian juga Ketua Bahagian dan perwakilan.

4. Tetapi hari ini kebanyakan ahli dan pemimpin UMNO sudah jadi bisu, pekak dan buta. Mereka tahu kesalahan Najib tetapi mereka sokong juga Najib. Walau apa pun kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh Najib mereka tetap sokong.

5. Mungkin kerana dedak yang disuap oleh Najib. Shahrir mengaku dia terima 1 juta dan Ahmad Maslan 2 juta (laporan di sini). Takkan yang lain tidak dapat habuan.

6. Kerana kepentingan diri dan tamak UMNO tidak akan menjatuhkan Najib. Kerana kepentingan diri, bangsa, negara dan agama juga sanggup dijual. Tidak ada ahli UMNO selain daripada beberapa Ketua Cawangan yang berani menentang Najib. Kalau nak harap UMNO jatuhkan Najib, tidak mungkin.

7. Ini bukan UMNO lagi. Janganlah berlagak sebagai ahli UMNO yang kononnya tidak sanggup melihat saya bersama Kit Siang. Yang tidak sayang UMNO ialah kamu sekalian, kamu yang membisu, kamu yang pekak dan buta kerana semua anggota ini sudah ditutup dengan dedak dan lain-lain.

8. Jangan soal saya. Soal diri sendiri. Apakah kamu berjuang untuk bangsa, agama dan tanahair apabila kamu melindungi perbuatan Najib menghilangkan duit rakyat dan sekarang menjual tanah yang dibeli dari Kerajaan berharga RM60/- satu kaki persegi dan dijual kepada Tabung Haji dengan harga RM3,500/- satu kaki persegi, mengenakan cukai G.S.T. keatas rakyat dan menghapuskan subsidi untuk bayar hutang 1MDB sebanyak 42 billion Ringgit, memiliki 2.6 billion Ringgit dalam akaun peribadi yang disembunyi daripada rakyat, kononnya untuk PRU 13 tetapi, kononnya belanja lebih dari 1 billion Ringgit untuk PRU 13 tetapi kemudian hantar balik kepada penderma 2.03 billion. Tak masuk akal 2.6 tolak 2.03 tinggal berapa? Dari mana datang 1 billion lebih yang kononnya dibelanja untuk PRU 13. Perbelanjaan yang begini banyak menyalahi undang-undang.

9. Najib memalukan negara kerana Malaysia sekarang dikenali sebagai 1 dari 10 negara yang mengamal rasuah terbesar. Najib sendiri dicemuh diseluruh dunia. Inilah pemimpin yang awak sokong dan pertahan. Ini adalah pengkhianatan terhadap UMNO, terhadap orang Melayu, terhadap negara.

10. Rakyat lebih benci melihat ahli UMNO yang menyokong Najib daripada ahli UMNO berada diatas pentas bersama Kit Siang untuk menjatuhkan Najib.

11. Kami tak makan dedak sesiapa.

Saudara-saudari sekalian,

Assalamualaikum,

Izinkan saya menerangkan sedikit berkenaan keputusan saya untuk keluar dari UMNO. Berbanding dengan pemimpin-pemimpin “UMNO” yang ada sekarang, saya lebih lama berada dalam UMNO. Walaupun saya disingkir sekali dan tinggal UMNO dua kali, saya tidak pernah menyertai parti lain. Saya tetap setia kepada UMNO. Saya sayang UMNO bukan kerana nama-nya UMNO tetapi kerana perjuangannya untuk bangsa, agama dan negara.

Hari ini “UMNO” tidak lagi berjuang kerana bangsa, agama dan negara. Hari ini perjuangan “UMNO” terhad kepada pengekalan Dato’ Sri Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri. Tidak ada Perdana Menteri terdahulu yang menjadikan UMNO sebagai benteng untuk pertahankan diri, tidak Dato Onn, tidak Tunku Abdul Rahman, tidak Tun Razak, tidak Tun Hussein. Saya juga tidak menggunakan UMNO untuk mempertahankan diri. Bahkan saya, seperti Tunku, rela meletak jawatan.

Oleh kerana perjuangan UMNO sudah bertukar, maka pertubuhan ini bukan lagi UMNO. Ia sudah jadi pertubuhan lain. Pemimpin-pemimpin yang masih ada dalam UMNO kebanyakannya berada kerana kepentingan diri, kerana takut kepada Najib, kerana dapat nikmat dari Najib. Mereka tidak peduli akan skandal kewangan yang melibat Najib, akan wang berbillion yang ada dalam akaun bank Najib. Sesungguhnya Perdana Menteri Malaysia tidak boleh miliki wang berbillion atau terima wang sebegitu banyak.

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1. Some people believe that I am so angry over not building the crooked bridge that I want Najib to resign.

2. I am not so frivolous. Yes, I am disappointed, especially as Najib appealed to the Singapore PM to build a bridge and the latter rejected it. It is shameful that we dare not build a bridge in our own land without approval by Singapore.

3. This shameful episode is not enough for me to ask Najib to step down. Najib is the son of Tun Razak, the man responsible for my elevation to Prime Ministership. Partly for that reason and partly because Najib showed good performance when I was PM, I wanted Najib to be PM. And people know I worked hard at it pressuring Abdullah to appoint him as DPM, so that he would become PM, when Abdullah leaves.

4. But Najib failed in many areas after becoming PM. Apart from the bridge he did not go ahead with the double tracking and electrification of the railway line from J.B. to Padang Besar which had been agreed upon but was dropped by Abdullah. For 14 billion Ringgit we would have this project completed by 2010. Instead, forced by the demand, he sanctioned the continuation of the track from Ipoh to Padang Besar for 12 billion Ringgit. We lost a lot of money.

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1. As a result of the exposure regarding the Altantuya case and 1MDB, Najib is now getting pledges of support from UMNO division heads, BN, MIC, Senators and all kinds of groups. This is what the mainstream press reports.

2. I am not asking anybody to support me. But I am going to ask all those who support Najib to declare they all support his 1MDB, 1MDB borrowing 42 billion Ringgit and his inability to answer where the money is when asked.

3. Do you also support keeping billions of Ringgit in Cayman Islands? Do you also support that having brought back the money, it must be kept in a Swiss Bank in Singapore. Do you also support the explanation that the money cannot be brought back to Malaysia by the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance because Bank Negara will ask too many questions.

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1. No matter how friendly or unfriendly we are, the passing away of a man you know well saddens you.

2. I cannot say I was a close friend of Kuan Yew. But still I feel sad at his demise.

3. Kuan Yew became well known at a young age. I was a student in Singapore when I read about his defence of labour unions.

4. I first met Kuan Yew when I was a member of Parliament in 1964 after Singapore joined Malaysia in 1963. We crossed swords many time during the debates. But there was no enmity, only differences in our views of what was good for the newborn nation. He included me among the ultra Malays who was responsible for the racial riots in Singapore. Actually I never went to Singapore to stir up trouble. Somebody else whom I would not name did.

5. The Tunku attended the inaugural meeting of the PAP and was quite friendly with Kuan Yew. He believed Kuan Yew was a bastion against Communism. But when the PAP contested in the Malaysian elections in 1964 with Malaysian Malaysia as its slogan, Tunku felt that the PAP’s presence in Malaysia was going to be disruptive for the country.

6. When I became PM in 1981, I paid a courtesy call on Kuan Yew. It was a friendly call and he immediately agreed to my proposal that the Malaysia and Singapore times which had always been the same should be advanced by half an hour. I explained that it would be easier adjusting our time when travelling as we would fall within the time zones fixed for the whole world at one hour intervals.

7. I am afraid on most other issues we could not agree.

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