BINTULU, September 29, 2017 – Former Prime Minister Tun
Dr Mahathir Mohammad should put on record how much allocation did he approve
annually for Sabah and Sarawak while he was in power for 22 years.
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| Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing |
Progressive Democratic Party (PD) president Datuk Seri
Tiong King Sing told reporters here today that Mahathir owed Sabah and Sarawak
apologies for failing to give sufficient fund to develop the rural areas.
“I am not talking about tar-sealed roads here, but suffice
if he could provide treated water and electricity supplies to our rural folks,”
the Bintulu member of parliament said.
He said he wrote many letters to Dr Mahathir requesting
for development fund but none were
replied.
“I was away when people called me for comments, and I
have been reading and watching video of his speech in Kuching.
"When I watched the video I am saddened by what he
said because I started as an MP in 1999 under him.
"What I saw in the video is he was talking as if he
was never been the prime minister.
“When he was in power, (there was) so much income
generated by Sabah and Sarawak, but he forgot about the two states.
"When he is no longer the prime minister, why does
he care so much about Sabah and Sarawak?
“At the same time, I want to ask him how much allocation
that he gave to Sabah and Sarawak in a year?
"By right, he should seek forgiveness from the
people of Sabah and Sarawak because he totally forgot about Sabah and Sarawak
while he was in power. The people were living in hardship,” he stressed.
Tiong also took veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang
to task for making so much noise when his son Lim Guan Eng has nothing to shout
about as the chief minister of Penang.
“Kit Siang should better go back and ask his son what he has achieved to uplift the livelihood
of the Penang people."
Citing the
regular occurrences of flash flood in Penang as an example, Tiong said Kit Siang would be very quick to
blame the Barisan Nasional government if any of non Pakatan state is affected
by floods.
“He would say Barisan
Nasional government is incompetent and not fit to administer the state whenever
flood happened.
"However, when Penang is affected by flood, he would
just keep quiet while his men would say that flood is an act of god,” he said.
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