News reports suggesting that new homes for millions of people currently being build in Iskandar Malaysia region has former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad wondering who would eventually stay in them.

In his latest blog post, Mahathir pointed out that a Bloomberg report had claimed that there were 60 projects in the region involving the construction of up to half million homes.

Conservatively, Mahathir estimated that this amount of homes would house 1.5 million people, relating his fear that the area may soon be overrun by foreigners and may even declare independence.