“Ever since I was selected as the candidate for the Pagoh parliamentary and Bukit Gambir state seat, the BN coalition has been throwing all kinds of accusations against me,” he said.

“One of these is a land scandal which they say involved me as I was menteri besar.”

Speaking at a Pakatan Harapan ceramah in Bukit Gambir last night, Muhyiddin said the issue had been inherited from the former menteri besar, who had overseen a water agreement between Johor and Singapore in 1961.

“Although the deal was made, the former menteri besar before me did not ensure that the agreement was fulfilled,” he said, adding that by the time he took over the state, Singapore was already furious with Johor for not upholding its end of the bargain.

He recalled being summoned to Kuala Lumpur to meet with Singapore’s prime minister at the time, Lee Kuan Yew.

“In order to supply water to Singapore, we needed a dam, and in order to build a dam, we needed land.

“We acquired land, and Singapore agreed to pay RM320 million as compensation. We agreed that upon completion of the dam, it would be fully owned by Malaysia.”

Muhyiddin said the funds received had been channelled into the Johor Heritage Trust Fund, which still existed today.

“The dam is still there, located at Linggiu, Bandar Tenggara,” he added.

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