KUALA LUMPUR, OCT 29 – Malaysia’s nearly 100-year-old former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been discharged from hospital, his office said today, after nearly two weeks of treatment for a respiratory infection.
“Mahathir was officially discharged from the hospital yesterday (Monday),” his office said AFP, adding that he will work in the office as usual. Mahathir turned 99 last July, but was hospitalized for a persistent cough just days after his birthday.
He had spent almost three months in hospital earlier this year.
Mahathir led Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and in 2018 at the age of 92, but his coalition collapsed two years later due to infighting within the party.
Mahathir lost his parliamentary seat in a shock defeat in 2022 but remained active in politics and emerged as a leading critic of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. – AFP
