mahathir mohamad will return as leader he said could become embroiled in a major corruption scandal rob o'brien reports from kuala lumpur. kuala lumpur supporters of the opposition alliance gathered as counting began not knowing what the night would bring. his own official results started to come in the growing anticipation of a major political upset. then on a crackly video link an appearance by the defacto leader of this opposition movement the former prime minister mahathir mohamad all the shows. that. and likelihood is that they will not be on me their government the day began with malaysia's embattled prime minister najib razak voting in an election seen as a test of his credibility he was confident of victory. i believe the people would give a new mandate to pass a national we cannot vote based on slanderous edition because the elections are not about that. he has been plagued by the scandal over the government's one m. d. b. investment fund that had hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly misappropriated now jeep denies any wrongdoing but the controversy brought the return of mahathir