Dr M yet to get audience with Agong, claims 'house arrest'

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has revealed that he is unable to secure an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to submit the more than one million signatures collected for the Citizens' Declaration.

Following this, the former prime minister made a startling remark that he believes the rulers are under house arrest.

"We have got 1.4 million signatures, and we've been trying to show them to the Agong.

"But as of now I've not been able to meet the Agong because it's likely that he's under house arrest.

"The rulers may be confined to their palaces," Mahathir said at an event in Subang Jaya.

He said this while lamenting that critics of the government would be barred from leaving the country.

"So I'm going to Japan and Korea, and I'm going to praise Najib's character.

"He can be higher than the sky, even as high as Mars.

"This is a great leader. We are free to say what we like about what is good about him," he quipped.

It has been revealed that the Immigration Department was blacklisting those who make disparaging remarks about the government.