Dr M: Why didn’t my deputy stop Projek IC if it was policy?
(MM) – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad asked today why his former “deputy” had not stopped “Projek IC” if it had been a government policy during his reign, appearing again to shrug off blame for the controversial citizenship-for votes initiative in Sabah.
Without directly naming Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the former prime minister said that the current “Pakatan leader” should have known about the purported Sabah initiative as he would have been familiar with government policy then.
“If that is government policy, why didn’t he stop it?” Dr Mahathir told reporters after the Japanese Chamber of Trade and Industry Malaysia (JACTIM) 30th anniversary celebration here today.
“Is he going to lie to the commission that I told him to do all these things? He should know; he was my deputy,” he added, referring to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah.
When asked if he was talking about Anwar, Dr Mahathir only said “Maybe”.
