Dr M making excuses to avoid RCI on Batu Puteh, says Puad


PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is just making excuses to decline participation in the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) reviewing the handling of cases involving the sovereignty of Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge, says Datuk Dr Puad Zarkashi.

The Umno supreme council member said that the former prime minister had no right to question the appointment of former chief justice Tun Md Raus Sharif as the head of the RCI.

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