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Tun Salleh Abas was sacked in 1988.
It was believed that this was retaliation on the part of Mahathir for a court ruling which deregistered Umno as a political party.
Now, Mahathir puts the blame on the late Sultan of Johor Sultan Iskandar Sultan Ismail, who was the Yang-diPertuan Agong at the time.
The son of the late Johor Sultan denies this. Mahathir used his father to get rid of Tun Salleh Abas.
Will the truth ever be known?
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Malay Mail Online
Dr M used dad to get rid of chief judge, says son of late Johor sultan
Screenshot of Tunku Abdul Majid Iskandar’s Facebook page with an entry in which the prince accused Tun Dr Mahathir of using his father to remove the Lord President.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The Tunku Bendahara of Johor has claimed that his father, the late Sultan Iskandar Ismail had been “used” by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to remove the country’s top judge in the late 1980s.
Nearly three decades on, Tunku Abdul Majid Idris Ibni Sultan Iskandar sought to reignite debate over the controversial sacking of Tun Salleh Abas as Lord President by holding the former prime minister accountable for the act that triggered the 1988 judicial crisis.
“Mahathir used my father to remove Tun Salleh, period.
“Tun Salleh is a good man and my father acknowledged that. He has already made his peace with Tun Salleh,” the 44-year-old wrote in a short Facebook post yesterday, taking a leaf from another Johor prince’s playbook.
“Mahathir, please don’t blame people who can’t defend themselves anymore,” he added.
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Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed that he had to take the blame for former lord president of the Supreme Court Salleh Abas’ sacking in 1988.
Speaking at an event in Kuala Lumpur, the former premier said the late Sultan of Johor Sultan Iskandar Sultan Ismail, who was the Yang-diPertuan Agong then, had an axe to grind with Salleh.
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Malaysiakini
Jun 13, 2015
Late Agong wanted Salleh Abas sacked, says Dr M
Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed that he had to take the blame for former lord president of the Supreme Court Salleh Abas’ sacking in 1988.
Speaking at an event in Kuala Lumpur, the former premier said the late Sultan of Johor Sultan Iskandar Sultan Ismail, who was the Yang-diPertuan Agong then, had an axe to grind with Salleh.
This, he added, was because Salleh had complained that the Agong was “making too much noise and disturbing his home”, and copied the letter to all the sultans.
“The Johor sultan never liked Salleh. He (Salleh) wrote a letter complaining about noise coming from his (Sultan’s) house.
“That was wrong. As a senior person, you can go see the Agong directly… but Salleh wrote the letter and copied it to every sultan.
“The Johor Sultan, who was the Agong, was annoyed and said this is the wrong thing to do, and he asked me to dismiss Salleh,” said Mahathir at The Cooler Lumpur Festival 2015, themed “My Most Dangerous Idea”.
Mahathir said he brought the matter up with the Cabinet but it decided that Salleh cannot be arbitrarily dismissed.
“You cannot dismiss just like that. There needs to be a tribunal and I told the Agong this; he said okay, we will set up the tribunal,” he added.
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However, Mahathir said when the tribunal was finally set up, the attorney-general at that time made him the ‘principal complainant’.
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