Decision to cancel HSR has been Pakatan Harapan policy ‘from the very beginning’: Mahathir

June 01, 2018 2:42 PM

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (June 1) brushed off allegations that his announcement to cancel the Malaysia-Singapore’s high-speed rail (HSR) project preempted the Cabinet decision.

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