Tun Mahathir’s former political secretary Matthias Chang dropped a bombshell, accusing Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar of giving "wrong advice" to the government over the building of a new bridge to replace the Causeway to Singapore resulting in the project being scrapped.

I am surprised with the government’s decision to scrap the construction of the bridge because in 2002, Goh Chok Tong, who was then Singapore Prime Minister, had agreed to the construction of the bridge… there are no legal implications involved in the construction of the bridge at all." […]

He quoted Goh as saying in a letter to Dr Mahathir in April 2002: "Between a new bridge to replace the entire Causeway and one to replace just the Malaysian side of the Causeway, I like the former better."

The letter also states that "once the new bridge is completed, the Causeway can be knocked down, which I prefer to be done after 2007. But if you (Dr Mahathir) wish to proceed immediately to replace just your side of the Causeway with a bridge, I shall accept it, though I think this is not ideal."

"Singapore had in principle agreed to it. Singapore had in 2002 said we can either build the whole bridge or half of it and demolish the Causeway in 2007. So where is the legal impediment,"

His challenge to Syed Hamid:

"This man does not know his job… I challenge him to sue me for saying this… there is no question of bulldozing anything as this was not a unilateral decision, it was agreed upon by both parties."

It’s only the beginning and this, really make my d*ck stands.

Permalink | Leave a comment | Trackback
Subscribe to Email Feed | Subscribe to RSS Feed