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What wrong with me - Tun M

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad questioned criticisms by certain quarters over his appointment as Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s board chairman.

"I've been involved, in fact, I was the one who started Khazanah. So we want to put it in the right direction, what's wrong with me (being appointed to the post)?

"I'm not going to be a CEO (chief executive officer), I'm not going to get a RM7 million pay," he told reporters after chairing the Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council meeting.

Dr Mahathir said the new appointment would help Khazanah focus on certain issues.

Among those criticising the move was PAS Information chief Nasrudin Hassan, who reportedly said Dr Mahathir’s appointment as Khazanah chairman was seen to be in conflict with Pakatan Harapan’s pledge not to have any political involvement in government-linked companies (GLCs).

According to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office on July 30, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, Dr Sukhdave Singh and Goh Ching Yin were appointed as directors of the country's strategic investment fund.

Previously, nine members of Khazanah's board of directors, including its managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and executive committee chairman Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof had resigned to allow the new government to choose its new leadership.

In another development, Dr Mahathir admitted that the subscription of Utusan Malaysia at institutions under the Ministry of Education had been discontinued, but there were no restrictions on anyone to read the daily.

"We have discontinued the subscription, but we have not barred people from reading it. If anyone wants to read it, they can do so. (But) why should we buy a paper which always condemns us?

"But if people want to read inside the school, outside the school, they are free to do so. We do not stop anyone, it’s not that we want to catch (anyone), tear (the paper), burn it, or anything of the sort," he said.

Asked on why only Utusan Malaysia was singled out, Dr Mahathir said: ‘Read Utusan, you will know."

It was recently reported that there was a memo directing schools, universities, colleges and other institutions under the Ministry of Education to stop subscribing to the newspaper.

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