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'Foreigners profited when sultans reigned supreme'
Published:  Jun 9, 2014 6:52 PM
Updated: 3:02 PM

Continuing his "constitutional" tirade on the monarchy intervening in administrative matters, Dr Mahathir Mohamad pointed out how in the era of absolute power, the royalty had conceded large tracts of land to foreigners.

In his previous posting , the former premier warned of foreigners having a hand in the controversial Johor bill, which observers believe was in reference to Singaporeans, who are said to own vast amounts of land and property in Johor and wield a strong influence over the state palace.

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