PKR: Dr M bent on lying
PKR claims that it has proof that Mahathir took a loan from the World Bank during the financial crises.
(Free Malaysia Today) – PKR today showed more “evidence” that former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was lying when he claimed that he did not take any loan from the World Bank to ride out the financial crisis of 1999.
This time, PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli produced a document from Budget 2010 which listed the nation’s foreign debt amount.
“And item 4452 of the document clearly shows that the government took a loan from the World Bank in 1999 for a project termed as Social Sector Support,” said Rafizi.
The statement also indicated that Malaysia still owed the World Bank a sum of RM701,040 as of Dec 31, 2008.
Rafizi said that this clearly shows that Mahathir had lied and is continuing to lie by denying his government had ever obtained loans from the World Bank.
On Friday, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim alleged that Mahathir, despite labelling the former as an agent of the West, had written to the World Bank in 1999 seeking financial aid.
Subsequently, PKR revealed three documents pertaining to a US$60 million loan taken by the Malaysian government from the international bank, when Mahathir denied the claims and challenged Anwar to swear on the Quran over the allegation.
