Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir discharged from hospital

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s nearly 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital, his office said on Oct 29, almost two weeks after

he was admitted for a respiratory infection

.

“Mahathir was officially discharged from hospital yesterday (Oct 28),” his office told AFP, adding that “he will be working at the office as usual”.

Tun Dr Mahathir turned 99 in July, but just days after his birthday was hospitalised for “continuous coughing”.

He spent nearly three months in hospital during another stay earlier in 2024.

Dr Mahathir led Malaysia from 1981 until 2003 and again in 2018 at the age of 92, but his coalition collapsed two years later due to infighting.

He lost his parliamentary seat

in a shock defeat in 2022 but continues to be active in politics and has emerged as a leading critic of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. AFP