Dr M fears for his own fate, says Zam

By admin-s On Apr 13, 2015

(FMT) – The former minister believes Mahathir will be the first to be arrested if Pakatan wins the next election.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be the first to be arrested if Pakatan Rakyat comes to power, former information minister Zainuddin Maidin has predicted.

Commenting on a warning to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak that Mahathir has made in a video interview, Zainuddin says the former premier was actually voicing out a fear for his own fate.

In the interview with a pro-Umno blogger on Thursday, Mahathir warned Najib and other Umno politicians that they risked being exposed, tried and jailed if Barisan Nasional got voted out of power.

“What I fear most is that if the opposition wins and we lose, they will spare no quarter,” Mahathir said. “They will dig everything out. When they dig, people may be charged to court and may be found guilty. So if BN loses, this country will be seeing a lot of chaos. A lot of people will have to pay a big price.”

Referring to Najib, he said, “If he steps down now, at least there will be a few years to remedy the situation.”

The interview has been uploaded to YouTube.

In his latest blog posting, Zainuddin writes, “Dr Mahathir, who is considered to be an authoritarian, will be arrested and detained first, and this will be followed by the arrest of Najib and others, who will be put on trial for power abuse and over the 1MDB scandal and other wrongdoings.