Lee Kuan Yew’s fear of Singapore being invaded by Malaysia is “completely unfounded”, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed said in a book published last week.Malaysia’s former prime minister said there “was no chance at all” of military aggression towards the island republic, and that Malaysia was not intimidated by Singapore’s larger defence budget.
“His fear is completely unfounded. Malaysians have never had any aggressive intentions,” he was quoted as saying in “Doctor M: Operation Malaysia — Conversations with Mahathir Mohamed”, written by US journalist Tom Plate based on interviews with Dr Mahathir over the last two years. Full story
