Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg today reminded former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad that Sarawakians are not fools who can be lied to.

At a townhall session with some 5,000 Sarawakian diaspora in the peninsula, Abang Johari cited the Pan Borneo Highway as one example of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's contributions to the state, a request which has been made since the time of Mahathir's 22-year rule.

"Sarawakians are people with principles...We want politics that can deliver," said Abang Johari who claimed that Mahathir has since sacrificed his own principles by working together with DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang, whom he had demonised in the past...