September 14, 2018

SINGAPORE -- Malaysian political leader Anwar Ibrahim has said it was right for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to revisit bilateral issues like the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail and water price, but both countries should try to resolve and move beyond them.

In an interview published on Thursday (Sept 13), he said some deals under former PM Najib Razak were suspect, and some of the positions and political views Singapore took were seen as excessive.

"But I think we have to move on," he said. "What is important is to continue to engage to try to resolve and move beyond these two issues. Bottomline is we have to work together."

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