Past prime ministers implicated in land swap deals involving the Defence Ministry will be probed, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pledged today.<br /><br />"The police will investigate the prime minister as well, no one is above the law," he told a press conference after chairing a special cabinet meeting on anti-corruption.<br /><br />The land swap deal report tabled in Dewan Negara on May 9 found that "political considerations outweighing government interests" were present in the first land swap deal made in 1997, during Mahathir's previous tenure.<br /><br />The 59-page report by the Governance, Procurement and Finance Investigating Committee pointed to the involvement of two former prime ministers and defence ministers in 13 out of 16 land swap deals.<br /><br />At his press conference today, Mahathir did not refer to any former prime ministers by name.
