Dr M draws flak over comment on Sabah, Sarawak

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KOTA KINABALU: Several analysts have found fault with Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remarks about the achievements Sabah and Sarawak have made since the formation of Malaysia.

Lee Kuok Tiung of Universiti Malaysia Sabah said he agreed that the two states were now better off, but he questioned the accuracy of the former prime minister’s remark about their being richer than states in the peninsula.

Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said income distribution in Sabah and Sarawak was uneven although they were indeed the richest states in exploitable natural resources.

Political economist Firdausi Suffian said people in the two states were generally poorer than their compatriots in Peninsular Malaysia.

Mahathir, in an interview with Great People Television on Facebook Live yesterday, said Sabah and Sarawak were better off being part of Malaysia.


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