Mahathir 'unaware' of latest probe

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 | Source: AP

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday he was not aware of any investigation by authorities into Malaysia's former finance minister Daim Zainuddin.

"There is no investigation," Mahathir was quoted as saying by the national news agency, Bernama. "Maybe they have asked him, I don't know."

Speculation has been rife for more than a week that police had or were about to raid Daim's house and that he was about to be arrested.

Mahathir said on Tuesday that he met Daim at his office the previous day because the prime minister wanted "to know some details."

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