Najib harus siasat penyelewengan RM100b oleh Mahathir - Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang, the DAP stalwart has taken a bold step where he is calling on the Prime Minister to set up a royal commission of inquiry to look into the possibility of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad having wasted on grandiose projects and corruption amounting to about RM100 billion during his time in office.

Kit Siang said that “ This is an issue of pressing national interest and importance. Furthermore, the move will also reflect on Najib's commitment to 'combating corruption' in his Government Transformation Programme (GTP). Will any cabinet minister dare step forward to support such a royal commission of inquiry? "

This came about after a book entitled “Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times” written by Barry Wain, the managing editor of the Asian Wall Street Jounral and Kit Siang was commenting on the book where he added that “Mahathir should declare whether he would co-operate with such a commission of inquiry to prove that Wain is wrong in blaming him for the legacy of "wasting or burning up" RM100 billion in his long tenure as the fourth prime minister, which works up to an average of RM5 billion a year.”

He also questioned the government for holding some 800 copies of the book for almost a month where he said "There can be no doubt that Mahathir and Najib would have already read the biography.

Is either of them objecting to the release of the biography and want it banned like Mahathir's 'Malay Dilemma' when it was first published in 1970? This would be the irony of ironies. What is Mahathir's stand on whether Wain's new biography on him should be released to the Malaysian public without any more obstacles from the authorities in Malaysia?

If Mahathir thinks that he has been defamed or maligned by Wain in the new biography, he should avail himself of the legal process to clear his name and reputation and not to support any ban or censorship of the book." - Malaysia Today