Dr M takes the stand at RCI

Dr Mahathir arrives to give testimony before the RCI. - Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sworn in to testify before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into foreign exchange losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia in the 1990s.

Update: I had no right to interfere, Dr M tells RCI

Wearing light brown attire, the former prime minister read out his statement calmly and clearly before the RCI panel members at the Court of Appeal here Monday.

"I have long retired from politics but due to the political turmoil, I have returned in an effort to save the country," he said.

Dr Mahathir, who is the 24th witness called, was Malaysia's prime minister from 1981 until 2003.

Earlier Monday morning, his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah was seen in the public gallery during the testimony by Tun Daim Zainuddin, who was finance minister during Dr Mahathir's premiership.