PETALING JAYA: After tendering his resignation to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he could have stayed on as prime minister if he had gone against his principles and cooperated with kleptocrats instead.
"I could've taken the easy way out by sacrificing my principles to stay on as prime minister. But that is not my choice.
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