GE14 | Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised the police and Armed Forces for supporting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

He recalled how former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos fell from power after the security forces turned against him following the assassination of his political opponent Benigno Aquino in 1983.

“I want to remind you about Marcos... He was able to become a dictator because he was supported by the police and army.

“But when he killed Aquino, the police and army decided not to support him and at that stage, he collapsed as a dictator.

“We wonder if the police and army (in Malaysia) are willing to wait until some of us are assassinated, including me, before they come to their senses..,” he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

Asked if he was truly fearful for his life, Mahathir scoffed and responded, "With this man, I am worried about anything."

The former prime minister was commenting on Armed Forces chief Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor urging the security forces to be loyal to the government led by the prime minister.

Loyalty is to the king and country

Mahathir said this went against the Federal Constitution as the Armed Forces must be loyal to the king and country, not to prime ministers and governments.

“(And) the police seem to be bound to him (Najib). They now take orders from him to the point of committing crimes, acting against the law, for example, the arrest of (former Umno man) Khairuddin (Abu Hassan),” he charged.

Besides the police and the Armed Forces, Mahathir purported that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) were also in “cahoots” with Najib.

“All these people are cooperating in the destruction of democracy in this country.

“This is my accusation against them. They can use the law against me but I know the law they use against me is not the real law.

“It is authoritarian law,” he said.