KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad offered his long-time political foe Lee Kuan Yew his own version of “hard truths,” telling Singapore’s founding father today to regard Malaysia as a competing neighbour rather than a military threat.“Malaysia has no intention to attack Singapore even if it is militarily weak. In fact we wanted to continue to supply Singapore with water, but at a fair price.
“I don’t think my successors harbour any intention to do harm to Singapore. These are the hard truths. Competition in trade and shipping does not mean war, or a threat of war,” he wrote in a blog post responding to Lee’s comments in the book “Lee Kuan Yew — Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going”. Full story
