Muhyiddin Denies Allegation That He Sold Land To Singapore
<!--By: Ramjit
--> BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Wednesday regretted the allegation by the opposition that he had purportedly sold a piece of land to Singapore when he was the Johor Menteri Besar.
He said he was purposely being slandered so that the people would hate him and the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.
"I wish to clarify that (during my tenure as Johor Menteri Besar) I had never sold even an inch of land to Singapore and that this (allegation) is a mere slander," he said at a ceramah at Tanjong Putus in conjunction with the by-election for the Permatang Pasir state seat, here tonight.
The Deputy Prime Minister said they made the allegation because they did not know the actual history that a water treatment plant had existed in the Sungai Lingu area in Bandar Tenggara, Johor.
"I have to reply because the opposition was spreading lies...what actually transpired was when I was the Menteri Besar, I received a call from Dr Mahathir (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad) one day," he said.
Muhyiddin said Dr Mahathir had summoned him to attend a meeting with visiting Singapore prime minister then, Lee Kuan Yew over gas pipeline and water supply issues in Kuala Lumpur.
He said during the meeting between Dr Mahathir, the then finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, Lee and him, Lee had pressed for adequate water supply to the republic from Johor.
"Lee said Singapore was ready to go to war if Malaysia did not want to supply enough water and expressed his regret over the stalled water supply project from Sungai Lingu.
"I said we did not have the money and Lee said Singapore was willing to bear the cost and when completed, the assets will be owned by Malaysia, so Singapore had merely footed the bill," said Muhyiddin.
-- BERNAMA
<!--By: Ramjit
--> BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Wednesday regretted the allegation by the opposition that he had purportedly sold a piece of land to Singapore when he was the Johor Menteri Besar.
He said he was purposely being slandered so that the people would hate him and the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.
"I wish to clarify that (during my tenure as Johor Menteri Besar) I had never sold even an inch of land to Singapore and that this (allegation) is a mere slander," he said at a ceramah at Tanjong Putus in conjunction with the by-election for the Permatang Pasir state seat, here tonight.
The Deputy Prime Minister said they made the allegation because they did not know the actual history that a water treatment plant had existed in the Sungai Lingu area in Bandar Tenggara, Johor.
"I have to reply because the opposition was spreading lies...what actually transpired was when I was the Menteri Besar, I received a call from Dr Mahathir (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad) one day," he said.
Muhyiddin said Dr Mahathir had summoned him to attend a meeting with visiting Singapore prime minister then, Lee Kuan Yew over gas pipeline and water supply issues in Kuala Lumpur.
He said during the meeting between Dr Mahathir, the then finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, Lee and him, Lee had pressed for adequate water supply to the republic from Johor.
"Lee said Singapore was ready to go to war if Malaysia did not want to supply enough water and expressed his regret over the stalled water supply project from Sungai Lingu.
"I said we did not have the money and Lee said Singapore was willing to bear the cost and when completed, the assets will be owned by Malaysia, so Singapore had merely footed the bill," said Muhyiddin.
-- BERNAMA
