The Singapore Straits Times yesterday reported that the Minister Mentor said he stands corrected on how well-integrated Malay-Muslims are in Singapore.
Sun2surf carried the story today. The Malaysia Chronicle also has one.
Bernama also has it : Lee Kuan Yew Mengaku Silap Berhubung Integrasi Melayu-Islam Di Singapura
Lee was referring to comments he made in the new book Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going, and the reactions that followed.
"Hard Truths was a book based on 32 interviews over a period of two years," he said.
"I made this one comment on the Muslims integrating with other communities probably two or three years ago. Ministers and MPs, both Malay and non-Malay, have since told me that Singapore Malays have indeed made special efforts to integrate with the other communities, especially since 9/11, and that my call is out of date," he added.
I wonder when would Dr Mahathir Mohamed make a statement of such magnanimity on his rendition of others who go against his political will and judgment.
What is really there to celebrate of his much-maligned grandiose in his authoritarian legacy of 22 years?
In his quest to transform Malaysia into a ‘developed nation’, Mahathir had used all possible means, by hook or crook, domestic and external, to achieve his grand vision.
Nonetheless, within the country, as overseas, he was both loathed and loved by his countrymen.
But eight years since his departure, what has been his legacy? Just a 'memoir' yang memualkan!
Dr Mahathir wrote : “I also interviewed four girls who told me about how they were persuaded to see a very influential person, by an Indian man they knew by the name of Nalla. He had taken each girl separately to a house in Kenny Hills, a rich suburb in Kuala Lumpur. There they met a person they recognized as the D****y P***e Minister. They were asked to undress with the purpose of having sex. Two of them said they refused but the other two consented.”
We all are aware of his blunt way of writing and speaking to the media. But as a so-called 'statesman', you don't go spite and attack others in a no-holds-barred statement in your memoirs do you?
A memoir is something you want people to remember about the good things that you've done, and about the good things that other people have been meaningful to your life. You don't want to be remembered about the bad things you've said of other people.
But being the 'devil he is' he welcomes any lawsuit against the memoir. He said: “When I was writing, I tried to avoid hurting anyone’s feelings but I had to write the truth and I think there will be people who will be upset.”
“So I accept, if sue, sue lah,” he told reporters after the launch. All these in The Malaysian Insider's: Dr M tempts fate with memoirs, welcomes any lawsuit
The Malaysian Insider also claimed Mahathir's memoir is a work of fiction: A story-teller in the house— The Malaysian Insider. Reading the book, Malaysian Insider said, one will have to come to only one conclusion — he was not guilty of any wrongdoing in his time as Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister.
In the memoir, Mahathir also wrote about how Lee Kuan Yew was unhappy with his "municipal role" at the helm of the city-state, and harboured ambitions to lead Malaysia: Mahathir says Kuan Yew wanted to be Malaysian PM What's wrong if Mr Lee Kuan Yew wanted to be the Prime Minister of this country when Singapore was part of Malaysia and if he can do the job better?
Somebody wrote: WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT COUNTRY IF LEE HAD BECOME OUR PM. LEE IS NOT A HYPOCRITE.
THIS MAN (Mahathir) RUINED THE COUNTRY AND IN HIS SO-CALLED CHEAPSKATE MEMOIR HE HAS BLAMED ALL OTHERS EXCEPT HIMSELF.
WHAT A JOKE.
THIS MEMOIR OF HIS IS FIT FOR THE SEPTIC TANK.
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