ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Another video of Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has gone viral, this time involving a “search” for his purported billions.
In an 86-second video posted on X on January 12, Dr Mahathir is seen looking around his home for MYR3 billion allegedly in his possession.
He looks behind his TV and under the sofa, then goes to a bedroom and looks under the bed.
Dr Mahathir says in the video he has been looking for the money for two years but has yet to find it.
“Looking for MYR3 billion, which was supposed to be with me. But it still can’t be found,” he said in the video, as quoted by Sinar Harian on January 13.
His tongue-in-cheek “confession” is seen as a clapback at allegations that he amassed billions of ringgit during his term as prime minister.
Dr Mahathir, who turns 100 this year, agrees in the video to a suggestion that the money might be in Switzerland.
“Let’s go to Switzerland. The banks there could have the money,” he quipped.
