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Mahathir warns king Covid-19 emergency order is turning Malays against him
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the Covid-19 emergency order has turned the country into a ‘dictatorship’. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday urged the country's king to revoke a Covid-19 state of emergency, saying the royal order - made in January on the advice of the government - was uncharacteristically turning the country's Malays against its royal families.
The emergency powers granted to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the suspension of parliament had transformed the country into a "dictatorship", the 95-year-old said.