COMMENT | On Friday, I received a 2018 video of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, chastising Sabahans and Sarawakians as people fond of taking the easy way out. It came from a journalist via WhatsApp.

In the video, the TV3 anchor referred to the prime minister’s remarks calling Sabahans and Sarawakians “pemalas” (lazy people).

This was a April 11 clip, just before GE14 on May 9 last year, when Mahathir was speaking at a Perdana Leadership Foundation forum.

Later, I was informed that Mahathir had clarified he did not describe East Malaysians as lazy, but was taking a dig at BN politicians, calling them people who were “drunk with greed,” with the mentality of “seeking the easy way out”...