Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remark that foreigners will be prevented from purchasing properties at the Forest City project in Johor will be studied before a decision is taken to chart "the way forward", Zuraida Kamaruddin said today.

The housing and local government minister said she had been instructed to chair a committee to look into the matter.

"Mahathir's statement will be studied, and we will engage agencies, as well as the developer, to see the best way out, or way forward,” she said at a press conference in Putrajaya this morning...