Celebrities are Malaysian citizens too, and have the right to comment on issues within the country that affects them, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

"Do citizens not have the right to comment on issues that they face?

"The rising prices and things like that are felt by them and so they comment on it.

"What right do Umno members have in denying their (celebrities) rights?" Mahathir questioned, in a one-and-a-half-minute video clip posted on his Facebook page today...