Dr Mahathir Mohamad has decried the declassification of a report by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as politically motivated.

The former premier said the reports were written to demonise him, because of his criticism of Western nations.

“They attack me because I never stopped criticising them if they do any wrong, so they had to demonise me.

"Even the things I had never done, they would accuse me of doing it," he told reporters in Putrajaya today when asked about the report.