Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who supposedly retired completely from politics and took up a completely legitimate position in state-owned disappointment car company, attacks former henchwoman, Rafidah Aziz, who is now heading the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

The main crux of the issue is that Mahathir feels that the government is opening up the industry to foreign competitors thus crushing his pet project slowly. Read also from Paul Tan.

UPDATE: Forgot to link to this too - Jeff Ooi’s analysis on how the media is handling Mahathir’s press conference. I almost pity the mainstream media here, so confused about which side to support.