Ex-Malaysia PM Mahathir, 96, stable in hospital: daughter

By EILEEN NG
Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalized for the third time in just over a month but his daughter says his condition is stable. Marina Mahathir says the 96-year-old two-time former premier, once the world’s oldest leader, was admitted to the National Heart Institute on Thursday and is responding well to treatment. She urged Malaysians to pray for his recovery. Mahathir underwent an elective medical procedure at the same hospital on Jan. 7 and was discharged six days later. He has had two coronary bypass surgeries. Mahathir led the opposition to a historic election victory in 2018 that was hailed for ousting a corrupt government in the first peaceful transfer of power since Malaysia’s independence in 1957.