King never proposed any other name for interim PM, says Dr M


PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) has refuted claims that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong proposed Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to replace him as interim prime minister during last year’s “Sheraton Move” political crisis.

Breaking his silence on the expose by former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in the latter’s just-released memoir, Dr Mahathir said upon accepting his resignation as prime minister, the King immediately asked him to be interim prime minister.

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