Dr M floats idea of entering snap polls with 'new party'

Should there be a snap election, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has teased that he and his supporters may contest under a new political party.

The 95-year-old also suggested that he would keep to the “sidelines” whilst still participating in campaigning.

He said this during a recent video interview with Hong Kong-based business news website Investvine when asked about the possibility of a snap election amid the present unstable political climate.

“Well, I’ll be quite old by then. I will be on the sidelines perhaps, helping...