Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not rattled by the prospect of being slapped with a travel ban similar to the one imposed on an opposition lawmaker and media baron.

" Gentar apalah (What is there to fear)?" he was quoted as saying by Sin Chew Daily .

Reporters had quizzed the former premier on this when he attended his son, Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz’s Hari Raya open house.

Yesterday, it was revealed that DAP MP Tony Pua and The Edge media group owner Tong Kooi Ong were restricted from travelling abroad.

Police sources had told Malaysiakini that the two are being investigated under Section 124 of the Penal Code for activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy.

This is in connection with allegations of documents pertaining to 1MDB being fabricated and tampered with.

Checks with the Immigration Department website showed that Mahathir, whom Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had accused of masterminding his ouster, has not been imposed with a travel ban.

However, veteran opposition leader and DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang did not rule out Mahathir being slapped with a similar ban as these were “strange times”.

Meanwhile, Mahathir, according to the Sin Chew Daily report, once again reiterated there is no conspiracy to topple Najib.

He also pointed out that many others are also openly calling on the prime minister to step down.

"If he (Najib) reads blogs and (what is said) on Twitter , he would know that everyone is asking him to resign," he added.

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