Mahathir Mohamad: This is the story of the handover of 4 opponents of the Egyptian regime

And the veteran politician explained - in episode 19 of his testimony on the age - that the Malaysian police had done so, without coordinating with the Malaysian government, which was its head when the accident occurred.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed after the incident that he had no knowledge of the order to hand over the four opponents of the Egyptian regime headed by Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, until after they left Malaysia.

Mahathir Muhammad clarified that among the powers of the Malaysian police to make such decisions without returning to the government and consulting it, he did not rule out that the Malaysian police coordinated the matter with the Egyptian police. Although he emphasized that police decisions often cause embarrassment to the government, he ruled out that the Malaysian police acted in this incident with the aim of embarrassing the government.

Mahathir Muhammad confirmed that they are in Malaysia watching what is happening in Egypt, but they do not interfere in its internal affairs, stressing that he does not know the fate of these four opponents.

Regarding his country's decision to withdraw its forces participating in the war in Yemen, he stressed that the decision was taken so that Malaysia would not be counted as standing with one Yemeni side against another, as it wants peace for the Yemenis, and for stability to return to their country, and does not bother if its decision to withdraw its forces caused anger or annoyance. Other.

He described his relationship with Saudi Arabia as good, and made clear that he had received an invitation to visit it, but his lack of time did not allow him to accept the invitation, stressing that he would visit it when his time permits.

With regard to Saudi normalization with Israel, Mahathir Muhammad said that Saudi Arabia is free to take the policies it deems appropriate for it, but Malaysia will not do the same and will not print with Israel, and he defended his right by criticizing Israel and its oppression of the Palestinian people, and he criticized the rejection with which everyone who denies the Israeli narratives faces Concerning the truth about what happened in the "Holocaust" (the Holocaust), such as questioning the numbers announced about the number of Jewish victims therein.