Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak is disappointed with Dr Mahathir Mohamad for describing Malaysia as “Darul Penyangak” (Land of Thieves).

He noted that the former prime minister based his claim on the allegation that Malaysia is governed by leaders who siphoned public funds through 1MDB and the implementation of GST.

“It is unbecoming of Mahathir to declare Malaysia as such. As a former PM, such a declaration is unpatriotic and outside the peripheries of political sense,” Salleh added in a blog post this afternoon...