Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak today questioned Dr Mahathir Mohamad on who were those labelling him a dictator.

Salleh cited the former premier's blog posting titled "The Dictator" last night, where Mahathir had sarcastically deflected allegations that he was a dictator and kleptocrat when he was the prime minister for 22 years.

“Mahathir ended his posting by saying, 'So carry on calling me an authoritarian dictator, a mahazalim (most cruel) and mahafiraun (great pharoah), who was undemocratic, and has become super rich through corruption. It is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”

“The real truth is, those who called Mahathir 'an authoritarian dictator, a mahazalim and mahafiraun, who was undemocratic and has become super rich through corruption' are those in Pakatan Harapan,” Salleh wrote in his latest blog post today.

The minister added that Mahathir could have forgotten the crucial point that it is the same people who had labelled him as such, have now become his allies and political comrades.

“...or is he really trying to 'sindir' (mock) or insinuate his own political allies?” Salleh added.

-- Bernama