Mahathir Mohamad

(July 18): A homegrown Singaporean company that owns one of the financial centre’s three seawater desalination plants is struggling to stay afloat. Whether Hyflux Ltd. sinks or swims will matter to creditors and shareholders. The strategic stakes, thoug

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): There is no urgency for Malaysia to renegotiate the terms of the water supply deal with Singapore, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

SINGAPORE (June 25): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has revived the muscular foreign policy that characterised his first stint in power, seeking to renegotiate a longstanding water supply agreement with Singapore and taking shots at both the US

KUALA LUMPUR (May 30): Malaysia's prime minister said on Wednesday his government planned to develop some offshore rocks which were the subject of a territorial dispute with Singapore, days after he cancelled a big rail project with his southern neigh

(May 21): Malaysia is saddled with over 1 trillion ringgit ($339 billion) in debt, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday, blaming the previous government led by former protege Najib Razak who now faces domestic graft investigations.

(May 18): Malaysian police seized personal items from former leader Najib Razak’s house in an overnight search, his lawyer said, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s week-old government seeks evidence into wrongdoing at state fund 1MDB.

SINGAPORE (May 18): Just one day after a historic Malaysian election which saw the Mahathir-led Pakatan Harapan opposition coalition topple the ruling Barisan Nasional, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post that the outcome “r

(May 18): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday many of the figures recording the country’s financial position may be false, but he did not offer any evidence or say which data he was referring to.

(May 18): Malaysia’s ousted former premier Najib Razak was “totally shattered” the night he lost the general election and called his jailed rival Anwar Ibrahim twice for advice on what he should do, Anwar said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE (May 17): RHB Research has brushed aside fears that the shock victory at the Malaysian elections by an opposition coalition led by Mahathir Mohamad could pose a risk to Singapore banks.