PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dismissed claims by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the government had prevented several foreign leaders from meeting the latter.
"Which foreign leader wants to meet him? If they want to meet him, what's the issue? If his old friends wish to meet him, there is no problem.
"Recently, leaders from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Türkiye visited Malaysia, but none requested to meet him. And if they did, I wouldn't say no. They are free to meet him, there is nothing wrong with that," said the Prime Minister.
Anwar stressed that Dr Mahathir's allegations should not be entertained, reported Bernama.
"He makes accusations every day. He claims he has no money, yet his children have over RM1bil. That is not an allegation, it's a confession," he said.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki previously said that two of Dr Mahathir's children were found to have assets worth over RM1.2bil.
