Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused three of his Cabinet ministers of lying about the decision to withdraw the application for review and interpretation of Pulau Batu Puteh.
The former Prime Minister said he felt ashamed to have had such ministers in his Cabinet.
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00:00Before this, you said that you were ready to give an explanation about the CIA, to prove it.
00:11How is it compared to the members of the independent court in the past?
00:15In the past, we never had such a thing.
00:18I mean, the Prime Minister, if he stole money, yes, there was a case.
00:24But he made a decision in an orderly manner through the Cabinet.
00:30He gave an opinion. He never made a decision.
00:34Until it was presented in the Cabinet.
00:37In the Cabinet, there were 13 people at that time.
00:42Because we had just formed the Cabinet.
00:44And I said that what I did was according to the rules.
00:51But he still said that it wasn't the Cabinet that made the decision.
00:57It was me who made the decision.
00:59If I wanted to make a decision, I wouldn't say it was 88.
01:03I would say that we have decided not to continue with this case.
01:11I could have told Singapore.
01:13But we told Singapore that the ICJ meeting would be held soon.
01:24So if we make an agreement with Singapore, we cannot change the agreement unilaterally.
01:32We have to get the approval of another party.
01:37That's why we have to tell them.
01:40If we don't tell them, if we want to continue, Singapore will reject it.
01:46And if Singapore rejects it, we will also reject it.
01:50Let's go back to the previous status quo.
01:54What was the previous status quo?
01:57In the previous status quo, Batu Putih Island was occupied by Singapore.
02:05And when the British asked Johor if they owned Batu Putih Island,
02:14they replied that they didn't own it.
02:17That was the problem.
02:20If you were called, what would you do?
02:23Do you think the Cabinet members would be called too?
02:27They should be called.
02:29They should be told.
02:32I don't know how, but the Cabinet members were called.
02:36And the Cabinet members were right.
02:39The preaching of the three ministers was not true.
02:45It was a lie.
02:47I felt ashamed.
02:49Because this person was sitting in my Cabinet.
02:55But it was a lie.