Dr M gets royal rebuke for ‘twisting facts’ about Salleh ouster
A Johor prince says the ex-PM used his father, not the other way round.
(Free Malaysia Today) – A Johor prince has accused former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad of twisting the facts about the 1988 sacking of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Salleh Abas.
It was Mahathir who used the late Johor ruler, Sultan Iskandar, to oust Salleh, and not the other way round as claimed by the former PM, said Tunku Abdul Majid Iskandar, a son of the late sultan and currently the Tunku Bendahara of Johor.
Sultan Iskandar was at the time the Yang diPertuan Agong.
Tunku Abdul Majid was contesting Mahathir’s statement last Saturday that he had to take the blame for Salleh’s sacking even though it was the late sultan who wanted the Lord President removed.
Mahathir claimed Sultan Ibrahim was annoyed by a letter that Salleh had written to him, in which the Lord President complained about the noise caused by renovation works at Istana Johor on Jalan Kia Peng, Kuala Lumpur.
“Mahathir, please don’t blame people who can’t defend themselves anymore,” Tunku Abdul Majid said in a Facebook posting.
“Mahathir used my father to remove Tun Salleh, period,” he said. “Tun Salleh is a good man and my father acknowledged that. He has already made his peace with Tun Salleh.”
